Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment
The question
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.
Answered by 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.
Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.87 billion in 2024/25. Standalone Fire and Rescue Authorities will see an increase in core spending power of £53.3m in 2025/26; this is an increase of 3 per cent in cash terms compared to 2024/25.
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