§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what estimate his Department has made of the(a) number and (b) cost of redundancies that would arise from merging Fire and Rescue control rooms into nine regional control centres; [161439]
(2) what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of merging Fire and Rescue control rooms into nine regional control centres. [161440]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Mott MacDonald report, on the "Future of Fire and Rescue Service Control Rooms in England and Wales", published on 11 December 2003, includes estimates of the costs and benefits of establishing regional fire and rescue control rooms. These include estimates of both the number of posts that will no longer be required and redundancy costs. Copies were made available in the Library of the House.