HC Deb 30 March 1950 vol 473 cc560-1
41. Mr. Watkins

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have enrolled under the Civil Defence recruiting campaign for each of the Welsh boroughs and counties.

Mr. Ede

As the reply involves a table of figure, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the table:

NUMBER OF PERSONS RECRUITED IN WALES BETWEEN 15Th NOVEMBER, 1949 AND END OF JANUARY, 1950
— Civil Defence Corps Auxiliary Fire Service Special Constabulary
Counties:
Anglesey … … … … 4 — 14
Breconshire … … … … 2 * 1 † (Mid-Wales)
Radnorshire … … … … 3
Montgomeryshire … … … 4 * 13
Denbighshire … … … … 26 8
Caernarvonshire … … … 23 — 4
Cardiganshire … … … … 3 *4 —
Carmarthenshire … … … 45 141
Flintshire … … … … 42 7 28
Glamorganshire … … … … 70 — 320
Merionethshire … … … … 8 9 75
Monmouthshire … … … … 90 4 53
Pembrokeshire … … … … 7 4 —
County Boroughs:
Cardiff … … … … 66 15 26
Merthyr Tydfil … … … … 21 — 20
Newport … … … … 42 13 28
Swansea … … … … 103 — —
TOTALS … … 559 70 717
* Joint Committees under Section 7 of the Eire Services Act, 1947.
†Combined Police Authority.
National Hospital Service Reserve.
| Figures for the National Hospital Service Reserve are not available for counties and county boroughs. The total number of persons recruited to the Reserve in Wales between 15th November, 1949, and the end of January, 1950, was 152, representing 19 trained members and 133 nursing auxiliaries.

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