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Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

Asked by Sammy WilsonDemocratic Unionist PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 18 February 2025UIN 30077

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the fire service for each of the last ten years.

Answered by Jim McMahon

Details of funding for fire authorities made available through Local Government Finance Settlements are set out in the Core Spending Power tables. The most recent Core Spending Power allocations table published as part of the final 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement can be found at the following link and includes tabs for each year since 2015/16: Core Spending Power table: final local government finance settlement 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK.

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