Question follow-through · 2659
Fire and Rescue Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the FBU on introducing national standards across fire and rescue services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the FBU on introducing national standards across fire and rescue services.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
MHCLG ministers and officials have engaged with the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) as part of fire and rescue reform work, including on the future approach to national standards.In England, national professional standards are currently developed and maintained...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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