Question follow-through · 14494

Fire and Rescue Services: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on fire and rescue services in England to respond to major flooding events.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 15 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 25 Nov 2024
Answer: 25 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on fire and rescue services in England to respond to major flooding events.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2024
Answer published
Defra is the Lead Government Department for Flooding and are responsible for response and prevention of flooding.Fire & Rescue Services, with continued support from the Home Office, remain ready to respond to flooding. The Home Office supports FRAs in...

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