HC Deb 04 February 1954 vol 523 cc64-5W
88. Mr. Albu

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the peacetime establishment, present strength and numbers of members who have completed basic and section training,

— Provisional peace-time establishment Strength Number who had completed Basic training Number who had completed Section training
London* … … … 52,250 13,624 5,830 2,219
Birmingham … … 15,460 4,176 1,137 623
Leeds … … … 7,050 1,098 146 nil
Sheffield … … … 7,300 2,260 1,024 nil
Manchester … … 9,760 4,043 1,711 681
Coventry … … … 3,520 2,941 467 30
Plymouth … … … 2,650 1,911 400 80
Southampton … … 2,520 1,534 218 125
Hull … … … 4,150 790 82 59
Liverpool … … … 11,940 4,221 636 nil
Glasgow … … … 14,800 1,310 198 nil
* London County Council, City of London and Metropolitan boroughs.

89. Mr. Albu

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the numbers, at the latest convenient date, of recruits to the Civil Defence Corps; how many had left the the Corps; and how many had started and how many had completed basic training and section training, respectively.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

In England and Wales, by 31st December, last, 347,214 recruits had joined the Civil Defence Corps, of whom 44,808 had left. On the same date 226,557 were in training, of whom 79,190 had finished their basic training and 23,963 had finished their section training.