Fire and Rescue Services
(asked on 29th June 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants have been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners to investigate taking over responsibility for Fire and Rescue services; which authorities have received that grant; and how the level of that grant was determined.
The Home Office has awarded £1 million from the Police Transformation Fund to nine police and crime commissioners (PCCs) for their work in developing proposals to take on the additional responsibility for the governance of fire and rescue in their area. It follows a police-led process which saw a competitive bidding round, and funding recommendations made by the Police Reform and Transformation Board.
The PCCs who will receive funds are Sussex, West Mercia, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and North Yorkshire. Details were published below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2016-to-2017