§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of members of staff employed for emergency planning in district authorities whose salary costs are funded either wholly or partly by Scottish Office civil defence grant.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThere are no such district council posts which are funded by civil defence grant.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many members of staff are employed by each regional and island authority(a) as emergency planning officers and (b) as emergency planning team administrative and support staff.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe available information is in respect of grant-aided emergency planning posts. The number of staff employed by regional and islands authorities in such posts at 30 September was as follows:
Region or Islands Authority Emergency Planning Officers Clerical/Support Staff Borders Region 4 1 Central Region 4 2 Fife Region 4 1 Dumfries and Galloway Region 4 2 Grampian Region 3 2 Highland Region 6 2 Lothian Region 5 2 Strathclyde Region 11 5 Tayside Region 5 2½ Orkney Islands 2 0 Shetland Islands 1 1 Western Isles 1 0 TOTAL 50 20½