§ Dr. Shirley Summerskillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the basis of the apparent discrepancy between the total additional cost of civil defence measures over the next three years of about £45 million as he announced on 7 August in an oral statement to the House and the figure of about £30 million as stated in a written answer to the hon. Member for Halifax on 1 December.
§ Mr. BrittanMy answer of 1 December dealt with the cost to Home Office programmes; the statement of 7 August referred to the total cost to all Government Departments.