To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consultation her Department has undertaken on the regionalisation of fire control centres with (a) the police and (b) the ambulance service. (130911)

The Department consulted widely on proposals to establish a network of Regional Control Centres in 2003, before the project was initiated. The FiReControl project remains in touch with developments within the other emergency services and is a member of the 999/112 Liaison Committee, which includes representatives of the police, ambulance services and the coastguard.