§ 26. Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the strength of the Civil Defence Corps and of the Auxiliary Fire Service in England and Wales on 31st March.
§ Mr. de FreitasThe figures are 131,000 and 9,700 respectively. I will circulate the detailed figures in HANSARD.
§ Following are the figures:
| CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS | |||
| Region | Increase during March 1951 | Total strength at 31st March 1951 | Strength per thousand of population |
| Eastern | 1,515 | 15,230 | 4.91 |
| Southern | 1,281 | 12,707 | 4.80 |
| South-Western | 994 | 12,796 | 4.25 |
| South-Eastern | 439 | 10,369 | 4.05 |
| Northern | 785 | 9,156 | 2.91 |
| Wales | 562 | 7,007 | 2.69 |
| Midland | 838 | 11,881 | 2.68 |
| North-Western | 1,069 | 16,879 | 2.64 |
| North-Midland | 650 | 8,804 | 2.55 |
| London | 704 | 18,730 | 2.23 |
| North-Eastern… | 351 | 7,810 | 1.90 |
| 9,1881 | 131,369 | Average for England and Wales 3.00 |
| AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE | ||||
| Increase during March, 1951 | Total at 31st March, 1951 | |||
| 320 | … | … | … | 9,744 |