Question follow-through · 105043
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the National Fire Chiefs Council on the adequacy of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-2027 to 2028-2029 funding formula fo
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the National Fire Chiefs Council on the adequacy of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-2027 to 2028-2029 funding formula fo
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that the current fire funding formula was designed over a decade ago. In line with responses to the principles of reform consultation in December 2024, the Government updated the fire and rescue relative needs formula by using th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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