§ Mr. Joplingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what Civil Defence, Auxiliary Fire Service and Territorial units will be disbanded in Westmorland as a result of the Government's recent announcement of cuts in public expenditure; and how much will be saved by each of these actions.
§ Mr. EnnalsIn Westmorland, about 150 members of the Civil Defence Corps, 289W 13 members of the Auxiliary Fire Service and about sixty officers and men of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, Category III, will be affected by the Government's decision on home defence. The directly attributable cost of maintaining these forces in 1968–69 was originally estimated at about £23,000. It is too early yet to say how much of this expenditure will now be saved.