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London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

Abbreviation	LFEPA
Predecessor	London Fire and Civil Defence Authority
Successor	London Fire Commissioner
Formation	3 July 2000
Founder	Greater London Authority Act 1999
Dissolved	1 April 2018
Type	Fire authority
Legal status	Functional body
Purpose	Make key decisions on London Fire Brigade strategy, policy and budget
Headquarters	London Fire Brigade
Location	Union Street, Southwark, SE1 0LL
Region served	London
Membership	17 appointed members
Chair	Val Shawcross Brian Coleman James Cleverly Gareth Bacon Fiona Twycross
Parent organisation	Greater London Authority
Website	www.london-fire.gov.uk/fireauthority.asp

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:

Notes

1. Maurice Heaster switched from a borough to a mayoral nominee on the authority in 2008.
2. Betty Evans-Jacas switched from Labour to Conservative in October 2009.
3. Susan Hall became a member of the London Assembly in 2017 and switched from a borough to an assembly nominee on the authority on 20 June 2017.
4. Emma Dent Coad became MP for Kensington on 8 June 2017 and resigned from the authority on 22 June 2017.
5. Rachel Blake was appointed to the authority on 1 October 2017.

References

1. Vorster, Gareth (22 June 2007). "Equal Opportunities Commission to check London Mayor Ken Livingstone's decision to reject London Fire Authority appointments". Personnel Today. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
2. "Mayor rejects 'completely unrepresentative' fire authority nominations". Greater London Authority. 15 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
3. "LFEPA Nominations Go-Ahead". MayorWatch. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008.
4. "London fire station closure plans rejected in vote". BBC News. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
5. "London fire closure plans: Authority votes against mayor". BBC News. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
6. "Southwark Fire Station closure plan: LFEPA defies Boris's order". London SE1. Bankside Press Ltd. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
7. "Southwark Fire Station could shut by January". London SE1. Bankside Press Ltd. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
8. "Protest as 10 London fire stations shut down". BBC News. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
9. "Governance - London Fire Commissioner". www.london-fire.gov.uk.
10. "Mayor makes London Fire and Emergency Planning Authroity[sic] appointments". Greater London Authority. 1 June 2000. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
11. "Mayor makes fire and emergency planning appointments". Greater London Authority. 27 June 2000. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
12. "Members' Allowances" (PDF). London Fire Brigade. 19 July 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
13. "Members' Allowances" (PDF). London Fire Brigade. 25 July 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
14. "Statement of accounts 2001/2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
15. "Statement of accounts 2002/2003" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
16. "Statement of accounts 2003/2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
17. "Statement of accounts 2004/2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
18. "Statement of accounts 2005/2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
19. "Statement of accounts 2006/2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
20. "Members of the Authority". London Fire Brigade. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
21. "Statement of accounts 2009/2010" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
22. "Statement of accounts 2010/2011" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
23. "Members of the Authority". London Fire Brigade. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
24. "Statement of accounts 2011/2012" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
25. "Statement of accounts 2012/2013" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
26. "Statement of accounts 2013/2014" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
27. "Statement of accounts 2014/2015" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
28. "Statement of accounts 2015/2016" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
29. "Statement of accounts 2016/2017" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
30. "Statement of accounts 2017/2018" (PDF). London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

External links

• Official website

• Local government in London
• Emergency management in the United Kingdom
• Greater London Authority functional bodies
• 2000 establishments in England
• Government agencies established in 2000
• Major precepting authorities in England
• 2018 disestablishments in England
• Government agencies disestablished in 2018
• Fire authorities in London