HC Deb 17 November 1977 vol 939 cc301-2W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans he has for an expansion of the Civil Contingencies Unit;

(2) how many civil servants have been employed by the Civil Contingencies Unit in each year since 1970.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

None. The activity to which the hon. Member refers is discharged by a committee drawn from the Departments concerned.