HC Deb 15 December 1950 vol 482 c232W
Mr. Llewellyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons in Cardiff and Wales respectively, have enrolled for Civil Defence since the Prime Minister's appeal for volunteers on the wireless.

Mr. de Freitas

I regret that this information is not available from the recruiting returns, but during the months of October and November the combined strengths of the Civil Defence Services in Cardiff and Wales rose from 433 and 4,074, respectively, to 577 and 6,933.

Mr. Finch

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the strength of the Civil Defence Corps and Auxiliary Fire Service on 30th November, 1950; and how many recruits joined the Corps and the Fire Service respectively during the month of November.

Mr. de Freitas

In England and Wales during November, 14,286 recruits joined the Civil Defence Corps, bringing the strength at the end of the month to 87,952; and 1,055 recruits joined the Auxiliary Fire Service, bringing the strength at the end of the month to 6,947.

Following are detailed figures relating to the Civil Defence Corps: