Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that police forces are given an automatic right to access Fire and Rescue vehicle CCTV in order to facilitate the investigation of arson.

Whilst this is an operational matter, it is clearly important that police forces have access to recorded CCTV images for the prevention and detection of crime. Fire and rescue services are expected to support police forces in the prevention and detection of crime and are subject to collaborative duties in statute.