48. Mr. Sharpiesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to make regulations under the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act, 1968 to enable compensation to be paid to those who have lost their employment in Civil Defence.
§ Mr. EnnalsAs soon as possible after consultations with the local authority associations and staff associations concerned have been concluded.
§ 49. Sir D. Rentonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what total sum will be paid in 1968–69 to local authorities in England and Wales for fulfilling their duties under the Civil Defence (Public Protection) Regulations, 1967, and other Statutory Instruments and circulars of his and other Departments involving civil defence duties; and if he will state the further sum they will be allowed to spend out of rates, the average amount paid to each authority and the amount of total expenditure available per 10,000 population.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe total of civil defence grants for 1968–69 to local authorities in England and Wales is estimated at £3 million. Expenditure from the rates will be about £625,000. The total expenditure per 10,000 population will be £778. The average amount per authority is £20,916.
§ 50. Sir D. Rentonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what total sum the County Council of Huntingdon and Peterborough will be allowed to spend on performing their duties under the Civil Defence (Public Protection) Regulations, 1967, and the 15 other Civil Defence or Emergency Regulations, during the present financial 259W year; and how much of that total sum will be paid by the Exchequer.
§ Mr. EnnalsWhile local authorities have been advised of the civil defence activities which are to be modified or discontinued, they have not been given individual financial ceilings for 1968–69. It is not possible, therefore, to state the effect of the economies on any particular authority until revised estimates are submitted during the autumn.