Question follow-through · 49079
Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to develop a strategy for (a) preventing and (b) responding to wildfires.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to develop a strategy for (a) preventing and (b) responding to wildfires.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The Prime Minister announced in February 2025 that the Home Office’s fire functions would move to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) from the 1 April 2025 under a machinery of government (MOG) change. This included its res...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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