Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114817

Fire and Rescue Services

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

ConservativeGosport

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what conversations she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on streamlining Fire and Rescue Authority powers with statutory PCC powers in local mayors.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Police Reform White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, committed to abolish the Police and Crime Commissioner model and transfer policing functions to Strategic Authority Mayors or Policing and Crime Boards. This involves Police, Fire and Commission...

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