Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to provide more funding to the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services (NJC) in (a) Sunderland and (b) the North East.

The Home Office does not fund the National Joint Council.

Setting firefighter pay is the responsibility of employers, working through the National Joint Council; the Home Office plays no role in the negotiation or funding of firefighters’ pay.