Question follow-through · 22062

Fire and Rescue Services: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the University of Central Lancashire's report entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents, publish

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the University of Central Lancashire's report entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents, publish

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office takes very seriously the health and safety of those firefighters who risk their lives for our communities every day.The Home Office is reviewing recent academic research to evaluate risks posed by contaminants and the effectiveness of deco...

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