§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of the existing emergency planning grant aid from his Department for 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 to enable the recipient authorities to discharge fully the duties imposed on them by proposals currently being considered by his Department;
(2) what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of the proposed distribution of his Department's emergency planning grant aid for 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 to enable the shortcomings in emergency arrangements outlined in his predecessor's statement of 10 July 1991, Official Report, columns 393–96, to be remedied.
§ Mr. Peter LloydMy right hon. and learned Friend is satisfied that the proposed allocations of grant aid will be sufficient once many of the new obsolete civil defence duties are removed from local authorities by draft Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations to be laid before Parliament.
The Home Office proposals involve a small shift in the balance of resources to metropolitan areas and for grant to be paid to metropolitan districts and boroughs for the first time. These measures are intended to assist metropolitan authorities in overcoming the problems in some areas referred to by the then Home Secretary in his statement of 10 July 1991.
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Metropolitan areas 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 FCDA1 Districts FCDA1 Districts FCDA1 Districts Greater Manchester 441 350 224 350 224 350 London 1,503 1,155 546 1,155 546 1,155 Merseyside 532 175 154 175 154 175 South Yorkshire 442 140 140 140 140 140 Tyne and Wear 402 175 154 175 154 175 West Midlands 403 245 182 245 182 245 West Yorkshire 373 175 154 175 154 175 1 Fire and Civil Defence Authorities
§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by county council and civil defence authority area the proposed distribution of his Department's civil defence and emergency planning grant aid for each of the three years 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe proposed distribution of grant to each authority in the three years 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 is as follows.
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County councils £'000s 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Avon 300 224 224 Bedfordshire 220 196 196 Berkshire 419 224 224 Buckinghamshire 367 210 210 Cambridgeshire 358 224 224 Cheshire 419 252 252 Cleveland 211 196 196 Cornwall 300 224 224 Cumbria 350 224 224 Derbyshire 241 266 266 Devon 577 280 280 Dorset 338 252 252 Durham 221 252 252 East Sussex 329 238 238 Essex 446 336 336 Gloucestershire 250 224 224 Hampshire 347 322 322 Hereford and Worcester 255 266 266 Hertfordshire 461 280 280 Humberside 297 266 266 Isle of Wight 262 168 168 Kent 522 336 336 Lancashire 278 336 336 Leicestershire 186 266 266 Lincolnshire 296 238 238 Norfolk 428 238 238 Northamptonshire 243 238 238 Northumbria 239 224 224 North Yorkshire 312 252 252 Nottinghamshire 275 252 252 Oxfordshire 367 210 210 Shropshire 229 224 224 Somerset 306 210 210 Staffordshire 273 266 266 Suffolk 314 238 238 Surrey 369 294 294 Warwickshire 312 210 210 West Sussex 296 238 238 Wiltshire 307 210 210 Clwyd 308 224 224 Dyfed 250 224 224 Gwent 294 210 210 Gwynedd 242 210 210 Mid Glamorgan 257 224 224 Powys 155 182 182 South Glamorgan 175 168 168 West Glamorgan 186 196 196 The date on which the regulations come into force may have an effect on these figures.
An alternative proposal put forward by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities for the allocation of available grant between fire and civil defence authorities is being considered.