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Fire and Rescue Services: Vacancies

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Question for Home Office

UIN 126561, tabled on 18 January 2023

Question

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat
Orkney and Shetland
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are in the Fire and Rescue Service.

Answer

Chris Philp
Conservative
Croydon South
Commons

Answered on

24 January 2023

The Home Office does not collect information on the number of vacancies in the Fire and Rescue Services in England.

The Home Office collects data annually on the size and diversity of the Fire and Rescue Service workforce in England. These statistics are published here: Fire statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is the responsibility of each Fire and Rescue Authority to determine what resources they need to meet their anticipated risk.

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