Question follow-through · 23245

Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on commissioning firefighting planes.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on commissioning firefighting planes.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Fire and rescue services have been responding to an exceptionally challenging period of wildfire activity, with multiple significant incidents being managed simultaneously across England and Wales.Fire and rescue services, working through Local Resilience...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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