A project to build new fire control centres which wasted £482m of taxpayer's cash is still costing millions of pounds three years after it was scrapped, MPs say.
The previous Labour government drew-up plans in 2004 to locate 46 local fire services in nine regional centres.
But after a series of delays and problems the FiReControl plan was dropped by the coalition in 2010.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) made £81m available to support the drive to fill the empty centres and improve existing ones.
But the new programme has already slipped by three months and projected savings are £2m less than originally predicted, the MPs' report said.
Seven of the 22 projects are running late, with two now a year behind schedule.
Four of the nine planned regional centres are still empty and the prospects of finding new tenants "do not look good", with "significant" costs remaining, said the MPs.
The large scale and high specification of the four purpose-built control centres, which are still empty, mean they are very expensive to run, said the report.
The centre at Castle Donington in the East Midlands, for example, costs £1.8m a year in rental charges, facilities management, utilities and rates, the MPs noted.
Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, said: "Three years after the project was cancelled, the DCLG still hasn't decided what it is going to do with many of the specially designed, high-specification facilities and buildings which had been built.
"Four of the nine regional control centres are still empty and look likely to remain so.
"Seven of the 22 projects are reportedly running late and two have been delayed by 12 months. We are therefore sceptical that projected savings, benefits and timescales will be achieved."
A DCLG spokesman said: "This Government has taken decisive action to protect taxpayers' interests, cancelling the flawed FiReControl contract, which was over-budget, behind schedule and failed to work."
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