Question follow-through · 51468
Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the recruitment of firefighters in line with demand.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the recruitment of firefighters in line with demand.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
Firefighters play a vital role in keeping the public safe and we are grateful for the work undertaken by fire and rescue services across the country in support of their local communities. The 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement, published on 3 Feb...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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