§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the costs of national emergency planning provision in Great Britain; and what information he has on comparable costs in(a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Italy, (d) Holland, (e) Belgium and (f) Denmark;
(2) what is the total annual cost of national emergency planning in Great Britain excluding provision for military nuclear disaster;
(3) what is the total annual cost of national emergency planning provision in Great Britain;
(4) what are the costs per head of population of national emergency planning provision in the United Kingdom; and what information he has on comparable costs per head of population in other EEC states.
§ Mr. John PattenExpenditure on civil preparedness in the United Kingdom in 1990–91 is estimated at £128,837,000. No figure for total expenditure by central and local Government on emergencies in peacetime is available. Nor are comparable figures for other EC countries.
Assuming a population of 57 million, the cost per head of the civil preparedness programme in 1990–91 is estimated as £2.26.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the total cost of emergency planning in the Greater London area excluding provision for military nuclear disaster;
(2) what is the total cost of emergency planning provision in the Greater London area.
§ Mr. John PattenCivil Defence approved expenditure for the London fire and civil defence authority in the financial year 1990–91 is £2.45 million. Planning for all emergencies in peacetime may be carried out by London boroughs at their own discretion under section 138 of the Local Government Act 1972.