HC Deb 23 May 2002 vol 386 cc505-6W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the major orders(a) won and (b) lost this year by the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh; what arrangements he is making for consultation on proposed changes to the Framework Document; and what the timescale is. [58735]

Dr. Whitehead

I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave him on 22 May 2002, Official Report, column 341W.

Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what recent research the Government have commissioned under the Pathfinder studies into fire brigades; what the conclusions were; and what action the Government proposes to take to meet the recommendations. [58713]

Dr. Whitehead

Some 50 separate studies have been commissioned the Fire Cover Task Group of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council (CFBAC). The scope of the studies is too wide to summarise here. However, copies of the reports of all (48) currently completed studies can be found on my Department's website at "http://www.safety.dtlr.gov.uk/fire/fepd/fcr/fcrhome.htm".

It is the responsibility of the Task Group to make recommendations to the CFBAC on the research they have commissioned and the overall outcome of the Pathfinder trials. Their report is expected in the late summer.

When this is available it will be considered initially by the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, following which I expect to consult widely, since I expect the review to provide the fundamental basis of planning delivery of service by fire brigades in the future.

Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what investigations he has commissioned in the current year into aspects of the(a) financial and (b) other forms of management of the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh; and what consequent reports he has received. [58733]

Dr. Whitehead

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 22 May 2002, Official Report, columns 341–42W.