§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the current 711W state of readiness of United Kingdom Civil Defence units.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe United Kingdom warning and monitoring organisation could be made fully operational within two days.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the organisations which constitute the United Kingdom's Civil Defence.
§ Dr. SummerskillUnder the Civil Defence Act 1948 virtually all local and other public authorities and key nationalised industries in Great Britian have Civil Defence functions and so contribute to the total effort. Several voluntary organisations, including, for example, the WRVS, also contribute to local Civil Defence effort.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the United Kingdom's current expenditure on Civil Defence.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe estimated outturn for home defence net expenditure in Great Britain for the financial year 1976–77 is £8.6 million. The Home Office share of this is about £8 million.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report local authorities which have, or plan, nuclear war shelters or centres.
§ Dr. SummerskillAll local authorities in England and Wales should have places earmarked from which they would attempt to continue to co-ordinate essential local services in war time. I know of no local nuclear war shelters.