§ 107. Sir W. Smithersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take on the comment of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on the cost of the expenditure in each of the two Civil Defence training schools run by the Home Department.
§ Mr. de FreitasEvery effort has been, and will continue to be, made to ensure the economical administration of these 193W schools. The hon. Member will appreciate that the technical character of the instruction given requires special facilities such as gas chambers, fire huts and rescue training grounds which are not needed by academic institutions. As regards the establishment of staff, I should explain that, in addition to their primary task of training instructors, the schools are used by the Home Office to help in the study of various Civil Defence problems such as those which I mentioned in the answer which I gave to a Question by the hon. and gallant Member for Worthing (Brigadier Prior-Palmer) on 23rd November last.