HC Deb 07 February 1968 vol 758 c176W
Sir N. Cooper-Key

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what savings separately, will be effected by disbanding the Civil Defence Corps and the Auxiliary Fire Service.

Mr. Ennals:

The expected savings in Exchequer and local authority expenditure on the Civil Defence Corps in Great Britain are about £4.8 million in 1968–69 and about £6.5 million a year from 1969–70 onwards. The corresponding figures for the Auxiliary Fire Service are about £..6 million and £1.3 million.