The Chair invited Jess Norman to introduce the update.

Jess drew members attention to the proposal in paragraph 7 of the report to bring a further paper to the Committee in the autumn about the use of the resources available to support the sector’s Spending Review work.

The accuracy of the data on additional fire services work outlined in the report was queried. Roy Wilsher said that the data came directly from FRS’s before the agenda was issued and was believed to be accurate at that time.

Decision

Members of the Fire Services Management Committee noted the report and endorsed the proposal in paragraph 7.