HC Deb 15 March 1949 vol 462 cc182-3W
Mr. Sharp

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and where it is proposed to open the three Civil Defence schools and the Civil Defence staff college; and from what sources and in what way students will be selected.

Mr. Ede

The three technical training schools will be situated at Falfield in Gloucestershire, Easingwold in Yorkshire and Taymouth Castle, near Aberfeldy, Perthshire. The Civil Defence staff college will be at Sunninghill, Berkshire. It is hoped that all schools will be fully open by mid-summer. Vacancies will be allotted by the Home Office to local authorities, industrial and public utility undertakings, voluntary aid societies, police and fire services, and the Armed Forces. It is hoped to have representatives from the Dominions and Colonies in due course