Abbreviation LFEPA Type Fire authority | Formation 3 July 2000 Legal status Functional body | |
Predecessor London Fire and Civil Defence Authority Founder Greater London Authority Act 1999 | ||
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is a functional body of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and was established under the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Its principal purpose is to run the London Fire Brigade. The 17 members of LFEPA are appointed annually by the Mayor of London. Eight are nominated from the London Assembly, seven from the London Boroughs and two are Mayoral appointees. It replaced the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, on 3rd July 2000.
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Members
Members for 2016/17 are as follows:
The current chair is Dr Fiona Twycross, who was appointed by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in May 2016
Controversy
In June 2007 the Labour Mayor, Ken Livingstone, refused to re-appoint all but one of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat LFEPA members on the grounds that "the nominations failed to tackle the under representation of women and Black, Asian and ethnic Londoners on the authority." The Evening Standard reported that the mayor's political opponents were likely to seek a High Court injunction to reverse the decision. A compromise was eventually reached whereby the Mayor replaced one of the male Conservative London Assembly Members, Bob Blackman, with Angie Bray and appointed the London Councils' nominations on a temporary basis until August. These appointments were extended to June 2008.