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Best Value has been applied to local authority services since 1 April 2000. There are a number of different categories of Fire & Rescue Authorities (FRAs) in England and Wales. Essentially these divide into 34 single-purpose authorities (London and the metropolitan FRAs and combined FRAs) and 16 county FRAs where the service is provided by the county council as one of a range of services. Single-purpose FRAs are Best Value authorities in their own right. For county FRAs the duty of Best Value applies at county council level.
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