HC Deb 02 February 1968 vol 757 c445W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures breaking down the £30,000 weekly expenditure on civil defence by his Department and with what hazards the civil defence forces are trained and equipped to deal.

Mr. Ross

The expenditure is broadly divided as follows:

£
Salaries 1,900
Equipment, material and grants for uniforms 4,800
Grants to local authorities 17,600
Warning and Monitoring Service 1,900
National Hospital Service Reserve 1,500
General and Miscellaneous 2,300
Total £30,000

The hazards with which the Civil Defence organisation is trained to deal are those that would arise from the immediate and residual effects of a nuclear attack en this country.