Question follow-through · 50414
Fire and Rescue Services: Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of crash mat availability in (a) Dorset and (b) other rural fire services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of crash mat availability in (a) Dorset and (b) other rural fire services.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
It is the responsibility of fire and rescue authorities to ensure that firefighters receive the equipment and training they need to safely respond to incidents, and to do so in light of their individual areas’ risk profiles and Community Risk Management P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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