Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 December 2009. It was answered by Shahid Malik (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Fire Services: Risk Assessment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many project risks there are on the FiReControl Risk Register; how many are currently rated high or above; and what the nature is of those risks currently rated high or above.

Answer: As we published in the FiReControl Business Case, there are a 176 risks on the project risk register of which sixteen are rated 'high' or 'very high'.These risks fall into three main categories:"Timely completion of FiReControl and Firelink project activities (critical dependencies)""Timely decision making within local authorities and local authority controlled company's (governance and management capacity)""The pace of change within the service (strategic change/impact)."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 502 c1269-70W; 305845
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Fire Services: Risk Assessment
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Fire and rescue services Risk assessment
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