Written Question·Home Office·UIN 24808

Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase recruitment of firefighters in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
While the Government is committed to ensuring fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work, is it individual fire and rescue authorities that are responsible for recruitment and decisions around deployment of resources....
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