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London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

Former fire authority for Greater London

Summary

Former fire authority for Greater London

FieldValue
imageLondon Fire Authority Logo.jpg
predecessorLondon Fire and Civil Defence Authority
successorLondon Fire Commissioner
formation3 July 2000
dissolved1 April 2018
typeFire authority
statusFunctional body
purposeMake key decisions on London Fire Brigade strategy, policy and budget
professional_title
headquartersLondon Fire Brigade
coords
leader_titleChair
leader_name
nameLondon Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
size200px
abbreviationLFEPA
founderGreater London Authority Act 1999
locationUnion Street, Southwark, SE1 0LL
region_servedLondon
membership17 appointed members
parent_organisationGreater London Authority
website

The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) was a functional body of the Greater London Authority (GLA) from 2000 to 2018. It was established with the Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999. It replaced the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, on 3 July 2000. Its principal purpose was to be the strategic governance of the London Fire Brigade. The members of LFEPA were appointed annually by the Mayor of London and were nominated from the London Assembly and the London borough councils. There were two direct mayoral appointments to the authority from 2008, following the Greater London Authority Act 2007. It was abolished in April 2018 and replaced with the London Fire Commissioner, following the Policing and Crime Act 2017.

History

Creation

The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority was created with the Greater London Authority, consisting of the Mayor of London and London Assembly, as part of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. It replaced the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, on 3 July 2000 as the governance of the London Fire Brigade.

2007 member nominations diversity dispute

In June 2007 the Labour Party mayor, Ken Livingstone, asked the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives to reconsider their nominations for members of the authority from the assembly and the borough councils. Livingstone said "It is unacceptable that when there are 1,861 councillors in London, of which 555 are women and 293 from black, Asian and ethnic minority groups, all seven Conservative nominees are white and include only one woman, and all three Liberal Democrat nominees are white men." A compromise was reached by 21 June 2007 whereby the mayor replaced one of the male Conservative assembly members, Bob Blackman, with Angie Bray and appointed the borough council nominations on a temporary basis until August. These appointments were extended to June 2008.

2013 fire station closures dispute

In January 2013 the authority was asked to approve a public consultation on the closure of 12 fire stations as part of the fifth London Safety Plan. The authority voted against any future consultation on station closures, appliance reductions or job losses. The Conservative Party mayor, Boris Johnson, then used his power to directed the authority to consult the public. In February, the authority voted to ignore the direction of the mayor. The Conservative Party formed a minority on the authority and were outvoted by the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green Party members. Advice to the authority showed that it had no legal ability to ignore the mayor's instructions. The authority voted to follow the mayoral direction on 12 September 2013. 10 fire stations closed in January 2014.

Replacement

The LFEPA was abolished in April 2018 and replaced with the London Fire Commissioner and the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee, a new governance arrangement within the Greater London Authority.

Members

The 17 members of LFEPA were appointed annually by the Mayor of London. From 2000 to 2008, nine were nominated by the London Assembly and eight by the London borough councils through their umbrella body the Association of London Government (renamed London Councils in 2006). This was amended by section 25 of the Greater London Authority Act 2007 which changed the composition to eight London Assembly nominations, seven from the London borough councils and two direct appointments by the mayor. The first appointments to the authority were made in June 2000.

Appointments to the authority each year were as follows:

MemberPartyAppointment00/0101/0202/0303/0404/0505/0606/0707/0808/0909/1010/1111/1212/1313/1414/1515/1616/1717/18
Cllr Liaquat AliLabourBoroughMemberVice-ChairMember}}
Cllr Peter ForrestConservativeBoroughMember}}
Cllr Anne GallopLabourBoroughMember}}
Cllr Maurice HeasterConservativeBorough / MayoralMember}}
Cllr Janice LongLabourBoroughMember}}
Cllr Philip PortwoodLabourBoroughMember}}
Cllr Roy ShawLabourBoroughVice-ChairMember}}
Cllr Toby SimonLabourBoroughMember}}
Louise Bloom AMLiberal DemocratsAssemblyMember}}
Cllr Brian Coleman AMConservativeAssemblyMemberVice-ChairChair}}
Lynne Featherstone AMLiberal DemocratsAssemblyMember}}
Samantha Heath AMLabourAssemblyMember}}
Jenny Jones AMGreenAssemblyMember}}
Bob Neill AMConservativeAssemblyMember}}
Eric Ollerenshaw AMConservativeAssemblyMember}}
Trevor Phillips AMLabourAssemblyMember}}
Val Shawcross AMLabourAssemblyChairMember}}MemberMember}}
Cllr Roger Evans AMConservativeAssemblyMember}}
Angie Bray AMConservativeAssembly}}Member}}Member}}
Cllr John WhelanConservativeBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Pauline MorrisonLabourBorough}}Member}}Member}}
Cllr Colin TandyConservativeBorough}}MemberVice-ChairMember}}Member}}
Mike Tuffrey AMLiberal DemocratsAssembly}}MemberMember}}
John Biggs AMLabourAssembly}}Member}}
Noel Lynch AMGreenAssembly}}Member}}
Murad Qureshi AMLabourAssembly}}Member}}
Peter Hulme-Cross AMUKIPAssembly}}Member}}
Bob Blackman AMConservativeAssembly}}Member}}
Darren Johnson AMGreenAssembly}}Member}}
Cllr Cameron GeddesLabourBorough}}Member}}
Geoff Pope AMLiberal DemocratsAssembly}}Member}}
Cllr Ed ButcherLiberal DemocratsBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Betty Evans-JacasLabour / ConservativeBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Rebekah GilbertConservativeBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Navin Shah AMLabourAssembly}}MemberVice-ChairMemberVice-ChairMember}}
Cllr Bertha JosephConservativeBorough}}Member}}
Caroline Pidgeon AMLiberal DemocratsAssembly}}Member}}
Ald Simon WalshN/AMayoral}}Member}}
Cllr Colin AherneLabourBorough}}Member}}
David Cartwright QFSMConservativeMayoral}}Member}}
Cllr Tony Arbour AMConservativeAssembly}}Member
Cllr Richard Tracey AMConservativeAssembly}}Vice-Chair}}
Cllr Crada OnuegbuLabourBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Terry StacyLabourBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Mike FisherConservativeBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Gareth Bacon AMConservativeAssembly}}MemberChairMember
Cllr Susan HallConservativeBorough / Assembly}}Member
James Cleverly AMConservativeAssembly}}Chair}}
Cllr Stephen Knight AMLiberal DemocratsAssembly}}Member}}
Andrew Dismore AMLabourAssembly}}MemberMember
Dr Fiona Twycross AMLabourAssembly}}MemberVice-ChairChair
Peter TruesdaleLiberal DemocratsBorough}}Member}}
Cllr Sarah HaywardLabourBorough}}Member
Cllr Jack HopkinsLabourBorough}}Member
Cllr Martin WheltonLabourBorough}}Member
Andrew Boff AMConservativeAssembly}}Member}}
Tom Copley AMLabourAssembly}}Member}}
Cllr Oonagh MoultonConservativeBorough}}Member
Cllr Fiona ColleyLabourBorough}}Member
Cllr Leonie Cooper AMLabourAssembly}}Member
Cllr Emma Dent CoadLabourMayoral}}Member
Cllr Florence EshalomiLabourAssembly}}Member
Cllr Mehbood KhanLabourMayoral}}Member
David Kurten AMUKIPAssembly}}Member
Cllr Caroline Russell AMGreenAssembly}}Member
Cllr Amy Whitelock GibbsLabourBorough}}Member
Unmesh Desai AMLabourAssembly}}Member
Cllr Rachel BlakeLabourMayoral}}Member

Notes

References

References

  1. (22 June 2007). "Equal Opportunities Commission to check London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s decision to reject London Fire Authority appointments". Personnel Today.
  2. (15 June 2007). "Mayor rejects 'completely unrepresentative' fire authority nominations".
  3. "LFEPA Nominations Go-Ahead".
  4. (21 January 2013). "London fire station closure plans rejected in vote". BBC News.
  5. (11 February 2013). "London fire closure plans: Authority votes against mayor". BBC News.
  6. (11 February 2013). "Southwark Fire Station closure plan: LFEPA defies Boris’s order". Bankside Press Ltd..
  7. (13 September 2013). "Southwark Fire Station could shut by January". Bankside Press Ltd..
  8. (9 January 2014). "Protest as 10 London fire stations shut down". BBC News.
  9. "Governance - London Fire Commissioner".
  10. (1 June 2000). "Mayor makes London Fire and Emergency Planning Authroity[sic] appointments". Greater London Authority.
  11. (27 June 2000). "Mayor makes fire and emergency planning appointments". Greater London Authority.
  12. (19 July 2001). "Members’ Allowances".
  13. (25 July 2002). "Members’ Allowances".
  14. "Statement of accounts 2001/2002".
  15. "Statement of accounts 2002/2003".
  16. "Statement of accounts 2003/2004".
  17. "Statement of accounts 2004/2005".
  18. "Statement of accounts 2005/2006".
  19. "Statement of accounts 2006/2007".
  20. "Members of the Authority".
  21. "Statement of accounts 2009/2010". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  22. "Statement of accounts 2010/2011". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  23. "Members of the Authority".
  24. "Statement of accounts 2011/2012". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  25. "Statement of accounts 2012/2013". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  26. "Statement of accounts 2013/2014". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  27. "Statement of accounts 2014/2015". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  28. "Statement of accounts 2015/2016". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  29. "Statement of accounts 2016/2017". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
  30. "Statement of accounts 2017/2018". London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
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