§ Mr. Neil Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total civil defence budget for 1984–85 is expected to be; how much of this will be grant-aid to local authorities; and what would be the additional costs of making all local authority emergency planning staff salaries 100 per cent. grant-aided for that year.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe total civil defence budget included in the Supply Estimates for 1984–85 is £69.7 million. Of this, £11.1 million is for civil defence grant to local authorities. In these Estimates, provision for local authority planning staff was approximately £5.8 million. The additional cost of making provision for the salaries of all local authority emergency planning staff (currently grant-aided at 75 per cent.) eligible for grant at the rate of 100 per cent. would be about £1.9 million.