NFRS 2024 33 - Principle Officer Cars

You asked for

Could you please provide an overview of the costs to the taxpayer for the cars provided to principal officers under the gold book scheme to include a breakdown of purchase, maintenance, fuel and other costs associated with that scheme. How many vehicles are currently covered by this scheme and what is the breakdown of the annual cost to the taxpayer including all elements covered above. How many incidents have these cars attended per year for the last 5 years. Can the annual cost per incident be calculated and provided.

Our Response

1. Total cost of each vehicle
   Answer: - Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue currently have 5 vehicles allocated to senior officers. However, 2 are intended for sale and another two are recent purchases in 2024 with one only having arrived within July 2024.
   • Vehicle 1: £40,320.33
   • Vehicle 2: £40,314.88
   • Vehicle 3: £37,546.50 (to be sold)
   • Vehicle 4: £33,894.73 (to be sold)
   • Vehicle 5: £45,777.71
2. Total cost of Maintenance for 23/24
   Answer: - £5,230.50 (includes repairs, service and tyres)
3. Total cost of fuel for 23/24
   Answer: - £2,060.16 (includes petrol, diesel and EV charging)
4. Number of incidents attended by vehicles listed in question 1 for the last 5 years.
   Answer: - 16 total mobilisations

   Please be advised that our systems do not record vehicle details and we’ve provided the number of senior officers mobilised when they would have had a vehicle allocated to them.

5. Annual cost per incident attended in the last 5 years
   Answer: - No Information Held, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue does not hold this within their systems.