Fire and Rescue Services: Staff
Commons · Question 106303 · Tabled 16 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of firefighters to meet operational demand.
Answer
Answered by Samantha Dixon, 21 Jan 2026
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) does not have data on firefighter vacancies and recruitment, but it does publish fire and rescue service (FRS) workforce numbers. The latest published statistics say that while the full ti...