Question follow-through · 8604

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of funding on Fire and Rescue services; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 10 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2024
Answer: 17 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of funding on Fire and Rescue services; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2024
Answer published
MHCLG published the final Local Government Settlement on 5 February 2024 setting out the referendum principles for Local Authorities in 2024/25. All standalone FRAs will be able to increase their council tax by the core referendum limit of 3%. Standalone ...

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