§ Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many volunteers are engaged in civil defence in this country.
§ Mr. BrookeAbout 600,000 men and women are now in voluntary services concerned with the civil defence of Great Britain. The figures on 31st December, 1962, were:
Civil Defence Corps 328,451 Industrial Civil Defence Service 181,377 Auxiliary Fire Service 16,883 National Hopital Service Reserve 73,717 Royal Observer Corps 16,378 616,806 These figures do not include a large number of members of the Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence who are not enrolled in the Civil Defence Corps.