HC Deb 22 April 2002 vol 384 cc47-8W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, (1) pursuant to his answer of 25 March 2002,Official Report, column 675W, on the Fire Service, if he will place in the Library the criteria used by the Arson Control Forum to assess bids from local fire authorities for arson reduction initiatives; [50988]

(2) pursuant to his answer of 25 March 2002, Official Report, column 675W, on awards made by the Arson Control Forum, if he will place in the Library the guidance provided to local fire authorities when bidding for funding from the Arson Control Forum. [50902]

Dr. Whitehead

The guidance to local fire authorities and the criteria used by the Arson Control Forum to assess their bids were set out in a letter to potential bidders from the chairman of the Arson Control Forum, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Fire Service, Graham Meldrum, dated 6 November 2001. A copy of the letter has been placed in the Libraries of the House today.