Question follow-through · 40414

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to introduce dedicated capital funding for fire and rescue services to allow them to invest in (a) training facilities, (b) fleet, and (c) estate maintenance.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 25 Mar 2025
Answer: 31 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to introduce dedicated capital funding for fire and rescue services to allow them to invest in (a) training facilities, (b) fleet, and (c) estate maintenance.
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
Government funding for fire and rescue services is provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) through the Local Government Finance Settlement. Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.87 billion in 202...

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