How it monitors response times by the fire and rescue services.

Routine monitoring of attendance times is not carried out by the Scottish Government as it is primarily a matter for the fire and rescue services. With the passing by parliament of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the creation of a Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland, a new locally determined risk-assessed methodology for deploying fire authority resources was introduced; Integrated Risk Management Plans (IRMP). A review of the implementation and impact of IRMP, including attendance times, was carried out by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Advisory Unit and published in April 2011. A copy of the report can be found using the following link and chapter 9 covers attendance times:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/public-safety/fire-and-rescue-services/fire-rescue-advisory-unit/publications/IRMPReviewinSFRS/Q/EditMode/on/ForceUpdate/on.
Until reporting year 2004-2005, information on attendance times formed a performance monitoring measure recorded by Audit Scotland and is published on the Performance Information section of the Audit Scotland website, at the following web addresses http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/performance/fire/.