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Fire Services

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 16 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when each regional fire control room will be fully functional; when rent became or will become payable on each regional control room; and what estimate he has made of the rental cost of each regional fire control room over the full period of its lease. (305841)

Under current planning assumptions the first regional fire control rooms are expected to become operational in spring 2011 and the last Fire and Rescue Service will switch over by the end of 2012.

Regional control centre

Go live date

South West

May 2011

East Midlands

May 2011

North East

May 2011

West Midlands

May 2011

North West

January 2012

South East

March 2012

Yorkshire and Humberside

July 2012

East of England

September 2011

London

September 2011

Regional rental costs estimates over the full period of the lease

Rent commencement date

Estimated rent over full period of lease (£)

North East

13 April 2008

28,237,658.85

East Midlands

20 January 2008

38,630,926.87

South West

15 February 2008

29,178,474.41

West Midlands

14 October 2008

43,592,098.37

South East

14 November 2008

46,337,023.37

North West

1 January 2009

38,282,659.67

Yorkshire and Humberside

16 April 2009

27,177,839.88

East of England

22 April 2009

43,395,258.72

London

26 November 2010

77,656,287.37

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date each regional fire control room lease expires; and what steps he has taken to ensure the continuation of a national network on expiry of the leases. (305844)

The date on which each Regional Control Centre lease is due to expire are:

Region

End date of Lease

North East

28 June 2027

East Midlands

28 June 2032

South West

14 August 2027

West Midlands

19 December 2032

South East

13 May 2033

North West

30 June 2033

Yorkshire and Humberside

30 June 2028

East of England

30 September 2033

London

25 February 2034

Decisions would need to be taken well in advance of lease expiry under the Landlord and Tennant Act.