Consultation outcome

Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services

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Home Office
Published
9 February 2023
Last updated
12 February 2024 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded

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Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services: government response

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Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services: factsheet

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Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services: equality impact assessment

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Detail of outcome

This document sets out the government’s response to the consultation on minimum service levels for fire and rescue services, which was published by the Home Office in February 2023.

It covers:

  • the background to the consultation
  • a summary of the consultation responses
  • detailed responses to the specific questions posed in the consultation and an assessment of the key themes emerging from the responses
  • summaries of specific policy themes that were raised in consultation responses and during engagement
  • policy conclusions
  • the next steps following the consultation

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Original consultation

Summary

A consultation on implementing minimum service levels for fire and rescue services during periods of strike action.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

We are publicly consulting on the most appropriate approach for delivering minimum service levels for fire and rescue services.

We welcome views from anyone that wishes to reply. We will give due regard to consultation responses and move to ensure that regulations are laid as soon as practicable to be in place in the event of future strike action.

Fire and rescue services perform a critical role in our society, and it is right that the public should have confidence that sufficient cover is in place to respond to emergencies.

You can request easy read versions of the consultation documents by emailing frsminimumservicelevels@homeoffice.gov.uk.

A Welsh translation will be available shortly.

Documents

Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services (accessible)

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Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services

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Impact assessment (accessible)

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Impact assessment

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Published 9 February 2023
Last updated 12 February 2024 + show all updates

  1. Accessible (html) version of factsheet added, pdf deleted.

  2. Addition of government response and supporting content.

  3. Closing date extended to 11 May.

  4. Added information on how to request easy read versions of the consultation documents.

  5. Accessible version of impact assessment added.

  6. Impact Assessment document updated.

  7. First published.