Fire and Rescue Services: Reform
(asked on 3rd July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring forward the recommendations of Reforming the Fire and Rescue Service, published on 18 May 2022, to give the Chief Fire Officers the same standing in law as Chief Constables.
This question was answered on 17th July 2023
The government is committed to giving chief fire officers operational independence as laid out in the white paper and recommended by the independent fire inspectorate.