• Reference: 2023/0417
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

In MQ 2021/5035 you said “As part of my submission to the Spending Review, I called on Government to provide the funding required [£3 million per year] to enable London Fire Brigade to deal with the ongoing challenges within the built environment and support changes when the Building Safety Bill becomes law. LFB has yet to receive the full details of the Spending Review and expects to receive more detailed information on its funding allocation before the end of the calendar year.” Does the funding allocation for 2023/24 contain an extra £3 million from the Government?

• Reference: 2023/0416
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

What has been the budgetary impact to the LFB of implementing each of the 29 Grenfell recommendations? Please break down the figures by recommendation and by financial year. Please also show the impact in 2023/24 and future financial years.

• Reference: 2023/0415
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

The LBF Commissioner has said “the way we meet the future challenge around our financial environment is through good planning in the CRMP”. Can you outline how good planning in the CRMP leads to positive financial outcomes?

• Reference: 2023/0414
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

The LFB’s Reserve Strategy says “Transformation and CRMP Reserve - Throughout the delivery of the CRMP, there is the potential for unbudgeted risks to occur as the specifics of each project are better understood. Therefore, the indicative profiled use of these reserves (Annex A) throughout the MTFS are expected, resulting in a nil balance on both of these reserves by the end of the 2025/26 budget period”. How will the LFB seek to deal with unbudgeted risks from 2026/27 onwards, given the balance of the Transformation and CRMP Reserves will be nil?

• Reference: 2023/0413
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

The LFB plans to publish a final version of the delivery plan in January 2023. What estimate has the LFB made on the potential cost savings resulting from the successful delivery of all the Programmes, Projects and Initiatives?

• Reference: 2023/0412
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

The LFB plans to publish a final version of the delivery plan in January 2023. Will you ensure the final plan outlines the cost of the Programmes, Projects and Initiatives over every financial year of the plan?

• Reference: 2023/0411
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

The LFB plans to publish a final version of the delivery plan in January 2023. Will you ensure the final plan outlines the delivery timescale for all the Programmes, Projects and Initiatives?

• Reference: 2023/0410
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

In January 2022 it was announced that South Wales firefighters were the first in the country to trial body-worn video cameras. Given the LFB’s decision to also trial such cameras, what discussions has LFB had with South Wales on their own trial, including the cost implications of rolling out cameras across the brigade?

• Reference: 2023/0409
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

The LFB has said, “Any financial implications arising from the review will be reflected in the final Budget submission in March 2023”. What is the LFB doing to quantify what effect delivering the Culture Review will have on their 2023/24, and subsequent, budgets?

• Reference: 2023/0408
• Question by: Anne Clarke
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

What cost, if any, is there to the LFB budget as a result of protecting buildings with an Interim Simultaneous Evacuation Strategy?