HC Deb 01 April 1993 vol 222 c382W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many national institutions, local authorities and other interested organisations received copies of Home Office circular ES1/1993—"Local Authority and Emergency Service Information on Nuclear Weapon Transportation Contingency Plans"; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Home Office circular ES1/1993 was distributed in England and Wales to:

  • Chief Executive of County Councils, District Councils and London Borough Councils
  • The Town Clerk, City of London
  • Clerks to the Fire and Civil Defence Authorities
  • Chief Officers of Police
  • Chief Fire Officers
  • Association of County Councils
  • Association of District Councils
  • Association of London Authorities
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • London Boroughs Association
  • Association of Chief Police Officers
  • Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association
  • County Emergency Planning Officers Society
  • Emergency Planning Association
  • Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies
  • Society of Industrial Emergency Services Officers
  • Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

The guidance was distributed by the Home Office on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.