HC Deb 18 February 1985 vol 73 cc343-4W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department where is the headquarters of the United Kingdom warning and monitoring organisation.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Cowley, Oxford.

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will explain the functions of the United Kingdom warning and monitoring organisation.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The present functions of the United Kingdom warning and monitoring organisation are to:

  1. (a) pass to the general public, public authorities and the armed forces warnings of conventional or nuclear attack;
  2. (b) provide confirmation of nuclear attack;
  3. (c) pass to the general public, public authorities and the armed forces warnings of approach of radioactive fallout;
  4. (d) provide headquarters of regional and local government and of the armed forces in the United Kingdom, and

Employment
Region Regional Fire Adviser At time of appointment Now Date of appointment
No. 1 D. J. P. Walker CFO Durham FB Retired Prior to 1979
T. F. Elton CFO Durham FB CFO Tyne and Wear December 1979
T. F. Elton CFO Tyne and Wear CFO Tyne and Wear November 1981
No. 2 K. Horan CFO West Yorks Retired Prior to 1979
T. F. Elton CFO Tyne and Wear CFO Tyne and Wear August 1982 (upon amalgamation of 1 and 2 Regions)
No. 3 T. N. Watkins CFO Derbyshire FB Retired Prior to 1979
B. L. Fuller CFO Notts FB CFO West Midlands FB April 1981
P. H. Wilson CFO Notts FB CFO Notts FB December 1981
No. 4 R. S. Barnes CFO Essex FB Retired Prior to 1979
R. C. Paramor CFO Essex FB CFO Essex FB February 1979
No. 5 P. H. Darby CFO London FB HMCIFS Prior to 1979
R. A. Bullers CFO London FB CFO London FB April 1981
No. 6 G. Clarke CFO Hants FB Cmdnt F S College Prior to 1979
J. R. Pearson CFO Hants FB CFO Hants FB September 1984
No. 7 T. McCarthy CFO Avon FB Retired Prior to 1979
F. C. Ponsford CFO Avon FB Retired February 1980
J. J. Killoran CFO Devon FB CFO Devon FB April 1984
No. 8 R. J. Morse CFO South Glamorgan FS Retired Prior to 1979
R. J. Morse CFO West Glamorgan FB Retired October 1980
K. Hayton CFO Clywd FS CFO Clwyd FS April 1984
No. 9 T. Lister CFO West Midlands FS Retired Prior to 1979
B. L. Fuller CFO West Midlands FS CFO West Midlands FS October 1981
No. 10 R. A. Bullers CFO Greater Manchester FS CFO London FB Prior to 1979
M. Killoran CFO Greater Manchester FS CFO Greater Manchester FS April 1981

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each regional fire adviser from 1979 to 1985 (i) the meetings attended in

offshore islands and neighbouring countries with details of nuclear bursts and with a scientific appreciation of the path and intensity of fallout; and

(e) provide an emergency meteorological service after attack.