§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost to the Treasury, expressed in annual, monthly or weekly terms, of the Civil Defence services?
§ Sir J. SimonThe aggregate cost of Civil Defence services (excluding the Ministry of Supply) as provided in the Estimates and Supplementary Estimates of the current year amounts to £78,870,847. The provision for the different services included in this total is set out below. What increase in the total figure may result from the outbreak of war cannot be stated with precision.