§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which local authorities have applied for grant-aid for the purpose of establishing, equipping or maintaining emergency centres, pursuant to regulation 4(1)(b) of the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1983, since 2 December 1985;
(2) which local authorities have been given grant-aid for the purpose of establishing, equipping or maintaining emergency centres, pursuant to regulation 4(1)(b) of the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1983, since 2 December 1985; and what was the amount of such grant.
§ Mr. John PattenThe local authorities which have applied for and been given grant aid for this purpose are listed. Details of grants paid in respect of these centres, for each local authority and over the particular period quoted, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Counties and fire and civil defence authorities which have applied for and been given grant are as follows:
Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cleveland, Clwyd, Cornwall, 204W Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Dyfed, Essex, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Gwynedd, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Merseyside, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Powys, Shropshire (Salop), Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, North Yorkshire.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which local authorities have applied for grant-aid for the purpose of establishing, equipping or maintaining emergency centres, pursuant to regulation 5(1)(c) of the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1983, since 2 December 1985;
(2) which local authorities have been given grant-aid for the purpose of establishing, equipping or maintaining emergency centres, pursuant to regulation 5(1)(c) of the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1983, since 2 December 1985; and what was the amount of such grant.
§ Mr. John PattenCivil defence grant is normally claimed by county authorities and fire and civil defence authorities on behalf of district level authorities. The local authorities which have applied for and been given grant in respect of district level emergency centres are listed. Details of grant paid in respect of these centres, for each local authority and over the particular period quoted, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Counties and fire and civil defence authorities which have applied for and been given grant are as follows:
Avon, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Clwyd, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Dyfed, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Gwynedd, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Merseyside, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire (Salop), Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, North Yorkshire.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the annual spending on civil defence research and development over the past four years;
(2) what plans he has for future expenditure on civil defence research and development.
§ Mr. John PattenHome Office expenditure on civil defence research and development (including scientific staff costs) for the past four years was as follows:
£ million 1984–85 0.560 1985–86 1.192 1986–87 1.028 1987–88 1.293 The estimate for 1988–89 is £1.015 million; proposed expenditure for future years is about £1.3 million per annum.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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 Home Office civil defence grant.
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§ Mr. John PattenThe total numbers of grant-aided local authority staff employed for emergency planning in England and Wales at 30 September 1988 were 499 emergency planning officers and 147 administrative and support staff. The great majority of these staff have some involvement in emergency planning in district authorities. The numbers employed directly by district authorities are 35 emergency planning officers and 10 administrative and support staff.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the report of his Department's review of the United Kingdom warning and monitoring organisation will be published; and whether he has considered the case for a moratorium on capital expenditure by the United Kingdom warning and monitoring organisation until the review report is available for consideration.
§ Mr. John PattenWe expect to publish shortly an account of the main findings of the review. During the course of the review, new capital expenditure on warning and monitoring was limited to items essential to the maintenance of the organisation's effectiveness and readiness for operation. Future capital programmes will be considered in the light of the review, taking fully into account the results of consultation with interested parties on its findings.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff are employed by each county council and fire and civil defence authority(a) as emergency planning officers and (b) as emergency planning team administrative and support staff.
§ Mr. John PattenThe numbers of civil defence grant-aided staff employed in England and Wales at 30 September 1988 were as follows:
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Emergency planning officer Emergency planning team administrative and support staff Avon 5 2 Bedfordshire 4 1 Berkshire 10 2 Buckinghamshire 6 2 Cambridgeshire 9 2 Cheshire 13 4 Cleveland 5 2 Clwyd 10 2 Cornwall 10 2 Cumbria 8 2 Derbyshire 6 3 Devon 18 8 Dorset 10 2 Durham 8 1 Dyfed 8 2 Essex 8 3 Mid Glamorgan 6 2 South Glamorgan 5 3 West Glamorgan 7 3 Gloucestershire 9 1 Greater Manchester 13 3 Gwent 9 2 Gwynedd 5 2 Hampshire 9 2 Hereford and Worcester 6 2 Hertfordshire 7 3 Humberside 8 6 Isle of Wight 4 —
Emergency planning officer Emergency planning team administrative and support staff Kent 11 3 Lancashire 6 2 Leicestershire 6 2 Lincolnshire 9 2 London 34 7 Merseyside 13 5 Norfolk 4 1 Northamptonshire 6 4 Northumberland 8 3 Nottinghamshire 9 2 Oxfordshire 5 1 Powys 5 — Shropshire (Salop) 7 1 Somerset 8 3 Staffordshire 7 3 Suffolk 4 1 Surrey 9 4 East Sussex 6 — West Sussex 6 1 Tyne and Wear 12 3 Warwickshire 7 3 West Midlands 14 5 Wiltshire 9 2 North Yorkshire 10 4 South Yorkshire 12 3 West Yorkshire 11 3 Total 464 137