Written Question·Home Office·UIN 31063

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Dan Carden

LabourLiverpool Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of central funding for fire and rescue services in (a) Merseyside and (b) England.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.87 billion in 2024/25. Decisions on how their resources are best deployed to meet their core functions are a matter for each fire and rescue authority based on its analysis of risk and local circ...

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