Question follow-through · 28762

Fire and Rescue Services: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide funding for infrastructure for fire and rescue services to help mitigate risks in relation to contaminants.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide funding for infrastructure for fire and rescue services to help mitigate risks in relation to contaminants.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    On 3 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the Final Local Government Finance Settlement 2025/26 which sets out grant allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue.The Home Office will continu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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