Fire and Rescue Authority financial reserves
Data on the financial reserves held by each fire and rescue authority in each year.
Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) can keep part of their funding in financial reserves to:
- help manage financial risk
- fund major future costs, such as change programmes aimed at improving services to the public
Usable financial reserves are split into:
- resource - these include a general fund to cover unforeseen pressures and earmarked reserves which are held for a specific purpose
- capital - these are ring-fenced for capital investment
These documents provide information on the level of financial reserves held by each fire and rescue authority in each year.
More information
The Fire and Rescue National Framework includes guidance the government has provided to fire and rescue authorities on the more detailed information they should publish on their reserves.
Fire and rescue authorities publish reserve strategies on their websites setting out:
- their plans for their reserves
- how reserves will be used to improve services to the public
Documents
Fire and Rescue Authority reserves as a share of core spending power
Last updated 17 May 2023 + show all updates
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Added a new section on Fire and Rescue Authority reserves as a share of core spending power and new data for 2021.
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Added data for March 2020 and March 2021.
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Data up to March 2019 published.
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First published.