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registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2023 to Question 7211 on Fire and Rescue Services Finance, what Barnett consequentials arise as a result of additional funding support for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Barnett formula applies to all increases or decreases to Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL), including when budgets change in relation to funding for Fire and Rescue Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Fire and Rescue Authorities in England receive funding through the Local Government Finance Settlement. Part of this funding comes from DEL agreed at the Spending Review and the Barnett formula has been applied in the usual way. Additionally, Fire and Rescue Funding is raised through council tax precepts, which is council tax funding ring-fenced for Fire and Rescue Authorities. The Barnett formula does not apply to spending financed by council tax.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 06/02/2024 17:54:45 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1678390

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to increase funding for the fire and rescue service.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	7211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>On 18 December 2023, the <em>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) </em>published the Provisional Local Government Financial Settlement 2024/25. The settlement sets out that standalone Fire and Rescue Authorities in England will see an increase in core spending power of £79.1m (4.7%) when compared to 2023/24. This Settlement will be followed by the usual period of consultation, to which I would encourage the sector to respond.</p><p>Funding for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is a matter for the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/12/2023 15:02:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1605849

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase funding to the Fire and Rescue Services in the context of recent rises in inflation.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.6 billion in 2023/24. Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work.</p><p>Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 8.1 per cent in cash terms compared to 2022/23.</p><p>DLUHC published the final Local Government Settlement on 6 February 2023 setting out the referendum principles for Local Authorities in 2023/24. All standalone FRAs will be able to increase their Band D council tax by £5. This will raise £67m if all standalone FRAs choose to make full use of the flexibility.</p><p>The final settlement also confirms that Revenue Support Grant and Baseline Funding Levels will increase in line with September CPI (10.1%). This represents a good deal for fire and rescue and will help to manage their inflationary pressures.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2023 16:26:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1600763

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of reductions in funding for fire and rescue services.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	157012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 8.1 per cent in cash terms compared to 2022/23</p><p>In 2023-24 no referendum principles were set for Combined Authority Mayors, so the referendum limit for council tax does not apply to Greater Manchester Fire. This means that the Mayor can take a decision to increase council tax above the core referendum principle of £5 without triggering a local referendum.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/03/2023 11:48:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1585096

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much were fire and rescue service budgets in each year since 2015 broken down by (a) local authority, (b) region and (c) nation for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Fire and Rescue is a devolved matter, and therefore the response to this PQ relates to England only. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is responsible for publishing the Final Local Government Finance Settlement. This is the annual determination of funding to local government (including fire), which is approved by the House of Commons. The settlement includes the Core Spending Power for each local authority. Separately, DLUHC on an annual basis publish local authority revenue expenditure data. The latest finance settlement and expenditure data can be found in the links below:</p><p>Final local government finance settlement: England, 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2021 to 2022 individual local authority data - outturn - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/02/2023 11:09:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1551181

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will fully fund the (a) replacement and (b) operation of fire service end-of-life national resilience assets; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	109514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The maintenance and replacement of end-of-life fire National Resilience assets is fully funded for the 2021 to 2025 Spending Review period.</p><p>However, the specialist vehicles and equipment which support the National Resilience capabilities were purchased around 2005 and will need to be replaced from 2025. We will seek funding for this for the next Spending Review period.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/12/2022 17:32:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1548623

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding for fire and rescue authorities to enable them to operate safely.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	102965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work.</p><p>In 2022/23, overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.5 billion. Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 6.2 per cent in cash terms compared to 2021/22.</p><p>It is a matter for individual Chief Fire Officers to make operational decisions including the allocation of resources and the provision of regular fire safety training for firefighters and staff at their respective authorities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/12/2022 16:56:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1545975

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to provide additional funding to fire and rescue services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	97703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands that inflation is placing a financial pressure on Local Government, including all Fire and Rescue Authorities.</p><p>Local government funding allocations and the council tax referendum principles for 2023/24 will be announced by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) at the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement later this year.</p><p>In advance of this, we are working with the Local Government Association, National Fire Chiefs Council, DLUHC and HM Treasury to obtain the right settlement for Fire and Rescue Authorities taking into account, among others, evidence of inflationary pressures. The provisional settlement will set out funding allocations and the precept referendum limits for Local Government as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/12/2022 15:53:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1538434

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to address inequalities in Fire Authority budgets in (1) the Fair Funding Review, and (2) the 2023/24 Local Government Finance Settlement, to ensure funding is fairly distributed on the basis of (a) local levels of deprivation and need, and (b) rates of price inflation and wage inflation.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL3093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring funding allocations are based on an up-to-date assessment of councils’ needs and resources. We will always work with local partners, including Fire and Rescue Authorities, to take stock of the challenges and opportunities they face as part of any potential reforms to local authority funding.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 15/11/2022 17:37:44 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1537515

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a fair funding review of fire services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	74686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available funding for local authorities in England, including fire and rescue authorities. The Government will always want to work with local partners to understand the challenges and opportunities they face, including fire authorities.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 08/11/2022 15:44:08 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 31115 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis