The new Head Quarters project has hidden costs which were not included in the original costing e.g. security and insurance at the new site. What other costs are yet to emerge into the public domain?
LFEPA Members will shortly be considering the draft London Safety Action Plan for 2007/2008, how do you anticipate that this will accelerate modernisation of London Fire Brigade?
Local residents have put forward a new proposal for Manchester Square Fire Station in which the Metropolitan Police would share the station, thus reducing the costs to LFEPA. What is LFEPA's reaction to this proposal?
It sounds as though it is a major constraint on the modernisation of the service. I am just wondering if you have done any lobbying with the relevant parties because it has always been the impression that I have had, with English Heritage certainly, that they have the listing without the financial responsibilities and it is something they need to be more receptive to.
That is very encouraging, because at the time, certainly from our side, we said we believed it would have this effect but if it proved not to, we were prepared to come back and reconsider.