§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider taking action regarding unions whose members will not comply with instructions to take part in civil defence exercises.
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§ Mr. HurdThe draft civil defence regulations which will be laid on 12 July require county and district councils to take part in certain civil defence training exercises. It will be for each council to decide how to meet this requirement.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the preliminary estimates for 1983–84 for civil defence expenditure from each local authority responsible for civil defence provision in England and Wales; and if he will give the comparative revised figures in each case for 1982–83.
§ Mr HurdThe following table gives 1983–84 preliminary estimates for each local authority responsible for civil defence expenditure in England and Wales at 1983–84 cash prices. The 1982–83 revised estimates as a forecast of outturn were given for each local authority in reply to a question by my hon. Friend on 27 April.—[Vol. 41, c. 326–28.]
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Civil Defence Grant Estimates 1983–84 Preliminary estimates for 1983–84 at cash prices £ NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES— England Avon 105,785 Bedfordshire 132,054 Berkshire 150,246 Buckinghamshire 145,011 Cambridgeshire 180,369 Cheshire 218,490 Cleveland 74,706 Cornwall 112,098 Cumbria 142,500 Derbyshire 131,713 Devon 211,409 Dorset 118,852 Durham 169,997 East Sussex 168,142 Essex 361,957 Gloucestershire 208,066 Hampshire 234,767 Hereford and Worcester 122,921 Hertfordshire 158,595 Humberside 181,304 Isle of Wight 54,963 Kent 428,980 Lancashire 237,454 Leicestershire 264,247 Lincolnshire 155,029 Norfolk 235,498 Northamptonshire 114,233 Northumberland 180,232 North Yorkshire 263,348 Nottinghamshire 237,813 Oxfordshire 139,116 Shropshire 62,625 Somerset 168,443 Staffordshire 241,033 Suffolk 126,133 Surrey 247,315 Warwickshire 126,136 West Sussex 93,563 Wiltshire 259,734 METROPOLITAN COUNTIES Greater Manchester 33,251 Merseyside 300,302 South Yorkshire 151,003 Tyne and Wear 117,921 191W
Preliminary estimates for 1983–84 at cash prices £ West Midlands 374,289 West Yorkshire 228,790 Greater London Council 683,079 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS Greater Manchester Bolton 3,938 Bury 1,606 Oldham 3,201 Rochdale 4,398 Salford 1,916 Trafford 2,714 Wigan 332 Merseyside Knowsley 525 Liverpool 1,418 Sefton 1,218 Wirral 753 South Yorkshire Barnsley 1,204 Doncaster 1,806 Rotherham 611 Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne 1,518 Sunderland 2,135 West Yorkshire Bradford 946 Calderdale 1,362 Kirklees 1,994 Leeds 1,844 Outer London Boroughs Barking and Dagenham 5,262 Barnet 2,016 Bexley 1,771 Brent 2,359 Bromley 13,470 Croydon 1,750 Ealing 1,925 Haringey 1,994 Harrow 1,163 Havering 4,314 Hillingdon 3,489 Hounslow 2,664 Kingston upon Thames 1,994 Merton 5,838 Newham 1,329 Redbridge 2,503 Sutton 2,590 Waltham Forest 1,503 Inner London Boroughs Camden 1,061 Greenwich 2,441 Hackney 1,329 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,711 Islington 1,299 Kensington and Chelsea 3,489 Lambeth 7,444 Lewisham 1,108 Southwark 727 Tower Hamlets 4,121 Wandsworth 4,425 Westminster 1,825 Police Authorities* England Avon—Somerset 46,069 Devon—Cornwall 59,021
Preliminary estimates for 1983–84 at cash prices £ Hampshire 45,395 Northumbria 59,123 Sussex 17,931 Thames Valley 77,254 West Mercia 47,371 City of London 11,751 Metropolitan Police 121,878 Counties—Wales Clwyd 87,854 Dyfed 59,863 Gwent 184,421 Gwynedd 91,772 Mid Glamorgan 69,863 Powys 48,227 South Glamorgan 99,930 West Glamorgan 83,868 Police Authorities* Wales Dyfed—Powys 13,194 North Wales 51,767 South Wales 45,029 * Items ineligible for civil defence grant have been deleted from estimates submitted.