Question follow-through · 36213
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33161 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, how retained business rates are used to fund fire and rescue services.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33161 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, how retained business rates are used to fund fire and rescue services.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement, including funding for Fire and Rescue Authorities, is distributed through the Settlement Funding Assessment. This funding includes Revenue Support Grant and retained business rates. The S...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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