Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
(asked on 24th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how funding for the fire and rescue service is calculated.
This question was answered on 4th March 2025
Government funding for fire and rescue services is provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) through the Local Government Finance Settlement in the form of revenue support grant (RSG) and retained business rates.
The amount of funding that fire and rescue services receive is determined and distributed using a formula owned by MHCLG.