HC Deb 17 January 1990 vol 165 cc266-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by region, the sites of all new message switch systems that have been installed in local authority emergency centres.

Mr. John Patten

As at 31 December 1989, emergency centres in the following local authorities have received the equipment:

Region 2

Cleveland County Main and Standby and the following districts: Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees.

Durham County Main and Standby and the following districts: Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Teesdale.

Humberside County Main and Standby and the following districts: Beverley, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Glanford, Great Grimsby.

North Yorkshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Scarborough, Selby.

Northumberland County Main and the following districts: Alnwick, Tynedale.

Tyne and Wear The following districts: North Tyneside, Sunderland.

West Yorkshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees

Region 3

Derbyshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Chesterfield, High Peak, Derbyshire Dales

Leicestershire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Blaby, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, Rutland

Lincolnshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Kesteven

Northamptonshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Daventry, Northampton, Wellingborough

Nottinghamshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark, Nottingham

Region 4

Bedfordshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire

Essex County Main and Standby and the following districts: Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring, Thurrock, Uttlesford

Hertfordshire County Main and the following districts: East Hertfordshire, St. Albans

Norfolk County Main and Standby and the following districts: Breckland, Great Yarmouth

Suffolk County Main and Standby and the following districts: Babergh, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury

Region 5

London South West Group and the following boroughs: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, City of London, Havering, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames

Region 6

Berkshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Bracknell, Newbury, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham

Buckinghamshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Chiltern, Milton Keynes, South Bucks, Wycombe

East Sussex County Main and the following districts: Brighton, Hove, Lewes, Rother, Wealden

Hampshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Southampton, Test Valley, Winchester

Isle of Wight County Main and Standby

Kent County Main and the following districts: Dover, Gillingham, Gravesham, Medway, Sevenoaks, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells

Oxfordshire County Main and the following districts: Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire

Surrey County Main and Standby and the following districts: Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking

West Sussex County Main and Standby and the following districts: Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing

Region 7

Cornwall County Main and Standby and the following districts: Caradon, North Cornwall, Penwith

Devon County Main and Standby and the following districts: East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, Plymouth, Teignbridge, Torbay

Dorest County Main and Standby and the following districts: Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset, Poole, Purbeck, West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland

Gloucestershire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Tewkesbury

Somerset County Main and Standby and the following districts: Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane

Wiltshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, West Wiltshire

Region 8

Clwyd County Main and Standby and the following district: Colwyn

Dyfed County Main and Standby and the following districts: Carmarthen, Llanelli

Gwent County Standby

Gwynedd County Main and Standby and the following districts: Aberconwy, Ynys MÔn

Powys County Main and Standby and the following district: Brecknock

South Glamorgan County Main and the following district: Cardiff

West Glamorgan County Main and Standby

Region 9

Hereford and Worcester County Main and Standby and the following districts: Leominster, Redditch, Worcester, Wyre Forest

Shropshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Shropshire

Staffordshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands

Warwickshire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon

West Midlands County Main and the following districts: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Wolverhampton

Region 10

Cheshire County Main and Standby and the following district: Vale Royal

Cumbria County Main and Standby and the following districts: Allerdale, Barrow in Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden

Lancashire County Main and Standby and the following districts: Blackburn, Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire

Greater Manchester County Main and Standby and the following districts: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Stockport, Trafford

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the manufacturers which have installed message switch equipment for local authority emergency centres; and what assessment has been made of their relative merits.

Mr. John Patten

The equipment is being supplied and installed by Chernikeeff Telecommunications Ltd. Installations are subject to technical acceptance by Home Office engineering staff.