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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Monday, 16 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 October 2017. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 November 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.

Fire and Rescue Services: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on training delivered by the Fire Service College in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017 to date; how much she expects to be spent on such training in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019-20; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

Responsibility for funding of the centralised National Resilience capability training delivered by the Fire Service College was transferred from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Home Office under a Machinery of Government change effective from 1 April 2016. Home Office spend data can be found at the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-spending-over-25000-2016;

This includes Capita Business Services activities who own the Fire Service College.

DLCG also publish data at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-spending-over-250

As part of Government policy to devolve further responsibilities to the Fire sector, centralised National Resilience training was passed to the sector lead authority, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority, effective from 1st April 2017. This offers increased value for money and allows in-year savings made to be used for the benefit of the national resilience capabilities.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
107775
Session
2017-19
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Expenditure Fire and rescue services Training Fire Service College
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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