Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Heating our homesFound: international experience on the topic of the energy performance of buildings and brings some key
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: A key reason for this is a lack of awareness of the early presenting features of cerebral palsy amongst
Asked by: Tahir Ali (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of firefighters with (a) adequate and (b) reliable equipment to tackle fires in cities in England.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to ensuring Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) have the resources they need to do their important work. Overall, Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) will receive around £2.87 billion in 2024/25. Standalone FRAs will see an increase in core spending power of £95.4m in 2024/25. This is an increase of 5.6 per cent in cash terms compared to 2023/24.
Decisions on how FRSs are run, and how their resources are allocated, including crewing numbers and the procurement of equipment, are for the local Chief Fire Officers and their democratically elected FRA. They are responsible for ensuring the needs and demands of their local community are met and are able to direct their resources where they are needed most.
All FRAs have a statutory duty to produce a Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) in which they set out the key challenges and risks facing their communities and how they intend to meet and reduce them. This is in line with the Fire and Rescue National Framework, which is the document by which the Home Office sets strategic requirements for the FRA.
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: can tell a number of stories about film makers who have come through where exhibition has played a key
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: Defence in the Grey ZoneFound: That was incredibly instructive for framing Euro-Atlantic perceptions of what that was, for two key
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: can tell a number of stories about film makers who have come through where exhibition has played a key
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: City Region and Growth DealsFound: evidence submitted by the James Hutton Institute (CRG0010) The James Hutton Institute and the Tay Cities
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: City Region and Growth DealsFound: from this research, therefore, directly address the call for committee evidence on ‘what are the key
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: City Region and Growth DealsFound: University ranked 13th overall globally and was placed 2nd in the world for impact on Sustainable Cities
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: City Region and Growth DealsFound: contribution have City Region Deals and Regional Growth Deals made to the development of Scottish Cities