§ Dr. Summerskillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what areas of his Department's budget have been cut; and by how much in each case, in order to provide the additional £45 million for civil defence over the next three years.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe estimated cost to Home Office programmes of the additional measures announced on 7 August 1980 is about £30 million over the next three years. The necessary financial provision has been found in the course of the Government's review of public expenditure by economies and reallocation of planned provision within the overall Home Office programmes. It is not practicable to relate the cost of the home defence measures to savings in specific areas.