§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants are currently employed(a) full time and (b) part time by his Department on civil defence; what the total costs of employing staff on civil defence duties were in 1989–90; what the total costs of employing staff on civil defence duties are expected to be in 1990–91; and whether he has any plans for these staff to be transferred to work on other duties.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on manpower and employment costs is set out in the table:
Numbers and costs Number of full-time staff employed on 16 November 1990 15 Number of part-time staff employed on 16 November 1990 16 Total cost 1989–90 £316,974 Estimated total cost 1990–91 £302,848 202W
New dwellings started by local authority 1979 to June 1990 Area Year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Jan-June Borders Berwickshire 27 2 — — 15 26 24 15 33 — — — Ettrick and Lauderdale — — — — — — — — — — — — Roxburgh 16 7 52 34 42 12 — 8 50 — 1 1 Tweeddale 48 8 10 — — — — 12 44 4 4 8 Central Clackmannan 64 — — — 1 23 30 — 18 17 — — Falkirk 51 24 68 40 39 144 40 95 17 — — — Stirling 126 70 14 37 2 10 6 — — — — — Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 202 118 94 173 178 4 48 46 16 51 36 24 Nithsdale 61 63 28 28 — 68 74 76 58 88 20 26 Stewartry 42 7 63 65 64 — 62 6 16 46 34 — Wigtown 93 22 68 64 78 28 — 46 14 26 — 5 Fife Dunfermline 101 18 83 101 14 24 190 56 133 36 — — Kirkcaldy 56 56 61 13 121 73 85 98 221 86 34 28 North East Fife 71 142 35 118 74 43 22 67 18 19 20 137 Grampian Aberdeen 440 243 63 121 75 103 81 91 185 35 12 97 Banff and Buchan 156 300 110 155 127 129 52 45 91 65 — 19 Gordon — 22 99 146 129 72 61 171 47 145 80 72 Kincardine and Deeside — 10 70 54 56 38 153 43 140 19 42 52 Moray 527 211 96 211 100 47 76 71 161 78 75 12 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 28 41 54 38 16 16 — 13 — 12 11 — Caithness 74 30 — 14 71 — 17 39 24 27 10 — The staff shown as part time undertake civil defence duties as part of their wider emergency planning responsibilities. In addition some staff in the Scottish Office directorate of telecommunications are similarly involved in emergency planning work.
My right hon. and learned Friend together with the Home Secretary announced on 16 October a review of the options for the future of civil defence arrangements in the light of east-west relations. Future levels of expenditure on civil defence will depend on the outcome of that review.