Written question asked by Kelvin Hopkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 July 2010. It was answered by Robert Neill (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 July 2010 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Chief Fire Officers Association

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much Government funding has been allocated to the Chief Fire Officers' Association in each year since 2005.

Answer

Funding provided to the Chief Fire Officers' Association since 2005 is as follows:

£000
	CFOA	National Resilience¹	FiReControl²
2005-06	815	—	206.6
2006-07	723.4	—	246.2
2007-08	760.1	—	199.6
2008-09	505	2,561.1	250.2
2009-10	470	5,420	317.4
2010-11 (YTD)	³—	2,773.3	83.7
¹ Payments to CFOA National Resilience Ltd to provide the on-going governance and assurance function for the fire and rescue service's major national incident capability, including staffing; centralised training; and asset refresh costs.
² Secondment of specialist staff to the project.
³ Not yet agreed.

Secondary information