FOI Request 2257

Subject: Fire Safety Audits, Notices and Prosecutions

Status: Complete

Date received: November 2025

Question Asked:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, covering the financial years 2023/24, and 2024/25.

Please provide the data separately for each financial year (not grouped together)

Fire Safety Audits:

For each financial year, please provide:

1. The total number of fire safety audits or inspections completed under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (or equivalent legislation).

2. If available, a breakdown of audits by building type (e.g. 10 audits in retail buildings, 8 in nursing homes, 12 in schools).

Notices:

For each financial year, please provide:

3. The total number of audits or inspections that resulted in no action needed.

Prosecutions:

For each financial year, please provide:

4. The total number of prosecutions undertaken under fire safety legislation.

5. The total value of fines imposed (in £).

6. A breakdown on the number of prosecutions and total value of fines by building type (e.g. 5 prosecutions to hospitals equating £10,000.)

Our Response:

Please see our response below to your Freedom of Information Request

Fire Safety Audits:

For each financial year, please provide:

1. The total number of fire safety audits or inspections completed under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (or equivalent legislation).

2. If available, a breakdown of audits by building type (e.g. 10 audits in retail buildings, 8 in nursing homes, 12 in schools).

Please see below document

2257_-_audit_info.pdf

Notices:

For each financial year, please provide:

3. The total number of audits or inspections that resulted in no action needed.

Providing a response to this question would take longer than 16 hours of dedicated resource as this would require over 3000 records to be manually checked. System capabilities and reporting features that are now available to carry out this exercise were developed in 2025 and so are/were not available for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 period.

Prosecutions:

For each financial year, please provide:

4. The total number of prosecutions undertaken under fire safety legislation.

5. The total value of fines imposed (in £).

6. A breakdown on the number of prosecutions and total value of fines by building type (e.g. 5 prosecutions to hospitals equating £10,000.)

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO