Question follow-through · 118577

Emergency Calls: Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of emergency response driver training standards across in the (a) police, (b) fire and (c) ambulance services.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 6 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 10 Mar 2026
Answer: 17 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of emergency response driver training standards across in the (a) police, (b) fire and (c) ambulance services.
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Home Office supports police objectives to keep the public safe and ensure that officers can provide an emergency response, rapidly and effectively, to attend incidents. Police investment in technology for vehicle safety, along with guidance issued by ...

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