§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will identify the costs to his Department in 1989–90 to date allocated for 1990–91 of(a) maintaining the civil emergencies secretariat, (b) the employment of a civil emergency adviser and associated costs, (c) commissioned work by outside bodies relating to civil emergency planning and (d) other expenditure relating to civil emergency planning.
§ Mr. John PattenThe costs are as follows:
1989–90 £ 1990–91 £ Civil Emergencies Adviser and Secretariat 60,000 107,000 Travel and subsistence for Adviser and Secretariat 13,500 16,500 Emergency Planning College Civil Emergencies Tutorial Group2 38,000 159,000 1 Estimated outturn. 2 Includes travel and subsistence. No costs have been incurred for work undertaken by outside bodies. Other expenditure relating to civil emergency planning is incurred by the police staff college and the fire service college and other Home Office departments, but figures could not be broken down without disproportionate cost.