§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many local authorities have decided on a rural rather than an urban area in which to establish emergency control centres; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. HurdThe site of emergency control centres is decided by the local authority. Almost invariably they are within or near the council's offices. None could be said to be in a wholly rural area.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those local authorities which have agreed to provide emergency control centres required under civil defence regulations; and what expenditure has been allocated by each local authority for this purpose.
§ Mr. HurdIn England and Wales most local authorities have selected premises for emergency centres. None has refused to do so.
The expenditure allocated by local authorities for emergency centres—on which civil defence grant aid has been approved in 1983–84—is as follows: 122W
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£ Counties Berkshire 98,000 Buckinghamshire 8,960 Durham 8,300 Essex 1,500 Greater Manchester 5,556 Hampshire 10,000 Humberside 129,500 Kent 107,547 Leicestershire 1,389 Norfolk 39,000 North Yorkshire 42,850 Northumberland 34,800 Suffolk 5,515 Surrey 61,180 West Yorkshire 58,650 Wilshire 22,000 Districts and London Boroughs* Aberconwy 6,050 Allerdale 63,000 Aylesbury Vale 2,415 Beverley 63,884 Bexley (LB) 39,246 Blaby 4,390 Boothferry 884 Braintree 3,000 Breckland 18,327 Bromley (LB) 45,911 Chelmsford 15,000 Cheltenham 25,000 Cleethorpes 884 Colchester 3,000 Colwyn Bay 48,054 Cotswold 3,500 Derwentside 29,420 Dover 15,600 Eastleigh 20,000 East Devon 30,050 Exeter 25,300 Fareham 53,000 Gillingham 10,000 Glanford 884 Grimsby 884 Guildford 6,640 Hambleton 2,036 Harrowgate 30,336 Hart 1,100 Havant 7,950 Holderness 884 Hove 139 Huntingdon 69,500 Kennet 10,000 Kingswood 20,204 Kingston-upon-Hull 884 Mid Devon 13,895 Mole Valley 11,500 North Bedfordshire 650 North Wiltshire 6,500 North Wolds 25,115 Penwith 7,800 Reigate and Banstead 8,120 Rochford 3,000 Rugby 14,000 Salisbury 5,350 Scunthorpe 884 Sedgemoor 39,557 Shepway 20,000 Shrewsbury and Atcham 24,650 South Bedfordshire 2,500 Southend 3,000 South Staffordshire 40,000 Tendring 3,860 Thanet 20,400 Tunbridge Wells 1,100 West Dorset 23,000
£ West Wiltshire 18,400 Wimbourne 36,425 Wycombe 17,210 * Does not include running expenses
All forces in England and Wales—on 31 December Civilian strength by category, number and percentage difference from year to year
1979 1980 1981 Full time Part time Full time Part time per cent, difference full time per cent, difference part time Full time Part time per cent, difference full time per cent, difference part time Avon and Somerset 647 52 676 46 +4.48 -11.54 690 41 +2.071 -10.87 Bedfordshire 250 56 255 60 +2.00 -5.26 260 60 +1.96 nil Cambridgeshire 274 76 279 72 +1.82 -5.26 273 72 -2.15 nil Cheshire 341 118 358 116 +4.99 -1.69 365 118 +1.96 +1.72 Cleveland 267 76 278 80 +4.12 +5.26 274 75 +1.72 -6.25 Cumbria 217 70 216 73 -0.46 +4.29 223 72 +3.24 -1.37 Derbyshire 577 138 615 157 +6.59 +13.77 618 166 +0.49 +5.73 Devon and Cornwall 722 86 745 89 +3.19 +3.49 758 100 +1.74 +12.36 Dorset 271 31 284 33 +4.80 +6.45 292 33 +2.82 nil Durham 437 129 432 132 -1.14 +2.33 414 132 -4.17 nil Dyfed Powys 172 44 171 45 -0.58 +2.27 172 46 +0.58 +2.22 Essex 615 159 624 169 +1.46 +6.29 638 165 +2.24 -2.37 Gloucestershire 182 99 183 92 +0.55 -7.07 185 96 +1.09 +4.35 Greater Manchester 1,297 321 1,307 337 +0.77 +4.98 1,338 338 +2.37 +0.30 Gwent 179 54 184 58 +2.79 +7.41 185 57 +0.54 -1.72 Hampshire 615 136 644 145 +4.72 +6.62 652 145 +1.24 nil Hertfordshire 313 125 310 134 -0.96 +7.20 312 133 -0.65 +0.75 Humberside 451 102 469 104 +3.99 +1.96 462 99 -1.49 +4.81 Kent 780 191 799 200 +2.44 +4.71 774 194 -3.13 -3.00 Lancashire 717 321 713 337 -0.56 +4.98 705 352 -1.12 +4.45 Leicestershire 324 76 358 80 +10.49 +5.26 392 76 +9.50 -5.00 Lincolnshire 258 107 274 124 +6.20 +15.89 273 122 -0.36 -1.61 Merseyside 854 143 909 151 +6.44 +5.59 959 154 +5.50 +1.99 Norfolk 214 47 226 45 +5.61 -4.26 242 49 +7.08 +8.89 Northamptonshire 236 26 243 26 +2.97 nil 246 24 +1.23 -7.69 Northumbria 739 116 747 108 +1.08 -6.90 770 135 +3.08 +25.00 North Wales 280 77 281 78 +0.36 +1.30 286 78 +1.78 nil North Yorkshire 298 81 305 74 +2.35 -8.64 297 75 -2.62 +1.35 Nottinghamshire 484 102 516 98 +6.61 -3.92 526 108 +1.94 +10.20 South Wales 789 154 778 153 -1.39 -0.65 779 152 +0.13 -0.65 South Yorkshire 556 121 596 124 -7.19 +2.48 581 116 -2.92 -6.45 Staffordshire 556 66 553 67 -0.54 +1.52 591 63 +6.87 -5.97 Suffolk 292 74 301 80 +3.08 +8.11 295 83 -1.99 +3.75 Surrey 309 87 321 98 +3.88 +12.64 332 110 +3.43 +12.24 Sussex 638 182 645 201 +1.10 +10.44 653 191 -1.24 -4.98 Thames Valley 906 154 932 156 +2.87 +1.30 944 163 +1.29 +4.49 Warwickshire 177 45 179 41 +1.13 -8.89 169 35 -5.59 -14.63 West Mercia 454 105 481 110 +5.95 +4.55 487 111 +1.25 +0.90 West Midlands 1,288 250 1,357 255 +5.36 +2.00 1,375 254 +1.33 -0.39 West Yorkshire 1,067 247 1,138 251 +6.65 +1.62 1,163 249 +2.72 -0.80 Wiltshire 225 42 232 45 +3.11 +7.14 234 45 +0.86 nil City of London 271 31 259 25 -4.43 -19.35 276 24 +6.56 -4.00 Metropolitan 11,175 3,379 12,344 3,486 +10.46 +3.17 12,242 3,163 -0.83 -9.27 Total 31,714 8,097 33,517 8,355 +5.69 +3.19 33,708 8,075 +0.57 -3.35
1952 1983 Full time Part time per cent, difference full time per cent, difference part time Full time Part time per cent, difference full time per cent, difference part time Avon and Somerset 690 42 nil +2.44 730 45 +5.80 +7.14 Bedfordshire 277 66 +6.54 +10.00 278 60 +0.36 -9.09 Cambridgeshire 295 75 +8.06 +4.17 299 73 +1.36 -2.67 Cheshire 359 111 -1.64 -5.93 358 114 -0.28 +2.70 Cleveland 269 76 +1.82 +1.33 270 72 +0.37 -5.26 Cumbria 230 73 +3.14 +1.39 243 74 +5.65 +1.37 Derbyshire 620 170 +0.32 +2.41 622 162 +0.32 -4.71 Devon and Cornwall 756 108 -0.26 +8.00 768 104 +1.59 -3.70 Dorset 301 34 +3.08 +3.03 338 37 +12.29 +8.82