questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of granting powers to Police and Crime Commissioners to take over the governance of local fire and rescue services on fire (a) safety and (b) response times in (i) Essex, (ii) Northamptonshire, (iii) North Yorkshire and (iv) Staffordshire.
answerText: Part 1 of the PCC Review explored ways in which we can strengthen fire governance and accountability. The findings signalled strong support for a directly elected individual taking on fire functions to help simplify and strengthen the governance of fire a...
heading: Fire and Rescue Services: Police and Crime Commissioners