HC Deb 20 April 1998 vol 310 cc524-9W
Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each(a) county council, (b) metropolitan district council, (c) unitary authority and (d) London borough council, the total amount of grant aid given to such authorities for emergency planning in each of the years 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 and provision for 1998–99. [39155]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is given in the tables.

Civil Defence grant allocations
£
County Councils 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Avon1 224,000 0 0 0
Bedfordshire 196,000 196,000 152,950 146,856
Berkshire1 224,000 224,000 212,800 0
Buckinghamshire 210,000 210,000 166,250 159,600
Cambridgeshire 224,000 224,000 212,800 205,688
Cheshire 252,000 252,000 239,000 162,624
Cleveland1 196,000 0 0 0
Cornwall 238,000 238,000 226,100 217,056
Cumbria 224,000 224,000 212,800 204,288
Derbyshire 266,000 266,000 252,700 245,672
Devon 280,000 280,000 266,000 188,160
Dorset 252,000 252,000 172,900 165,984
Durham 252,000 252,000 239,400 232,904
East Sussex 238,000 238,000 192,850 185,136
Essex 336,000 336,000 319,200 239,232
Gloucestershire 224,000 224,000 212,800 204,288
Hampshire 322,000 322,000 272,650 263,424
Hereford and Worcester1 266,000 266,000 252,700 0
Hertfordshire 280,000 280,000 266,000 255,360
Humberside1 266,000 0 0 0
Kent 336,000 336,000 319,200 272,832
Lancashire 336,000 336,000 319,200 309,232
Leicestershire 266,000 266,000 219,450 213,752

Civil Defence grant allocations
£
County Councils 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Lincolnshire 238,000 238,000 203,490 195,350
Norfolk 238,000 238,000 226,100 217,056
Northamptonshire 238,000 238,000 226,100 217,056
Northumberland 224,000 224,000 212,800 204,288
North Yorkshire 252,000 196,600 186,770 179,299
Nottinghamshire 252,000 252,000 239,400 196,224
Oxfordshire 210,000 210,000 199,500 191,520
Shropshire 224,000 224,000 212,800 170,688
Somerset 210,000 210,000 199,500 191,518
Staffordshire 266,000 266,000 252,700 245,672
Suffolk 238,000 238,000 226,100 217,056
Surrey 294,000 294,000 279,300 268,128
Warwickshire 210,000 210,000 199,500 191,250
West Sussex 238,000 238,000 226,100 217,056
Wiltshire 210,000 210,000 166,250 159,600
Worcestershire 0 0 0 243,992
1 County abolished Following Local Government reorganisation.

Civil Defence grant allocations
£
Metropolitan District Councils 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Bradford 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Calderdale 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Kirklees 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Leeds 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Wakefield 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Birmingham 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Coventry 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Dudley 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Sandwell 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,500
Solihull 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Walsall 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Wolverhampton 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Barnsley 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Doncaster 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Rotherham 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Sheffield1 * * * 35,000
Bolton 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Bury 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Manchester 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Oldham 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Rochdale 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Salford2 * 35,000 35,000 35,000
Stockport1 * * * *
Tameside These authorities transfer their allocations to * 35,000 35,000 35,000
Trafford 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Wigan2 * 35,000 35,000 35,000
*These authorities transfer their allocations to:
1 South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority
2 Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority Metropolitan Districts in Merseyside and in Tyne and Wear transfer their allocations to the appropriate Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

Civil Defence grant allocations
English Unitary Authorities 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Bath and North East
Smerset 0 56,000 53,200 51,072
Blackburn1* 0 0 0 *
Blackpool1* 0 0 0 *
Bournemouth 0 0 35,000 35,000
Bracknekll Forest 0 0 0 35,000
Brighton and Hove 0 0 0 35,000
Bristol 0 56,000 53,000 51,072
Darlington2* 0 0 * *
Derby3* 0 0 * *

Cilvil Defence grant allocations
£
Halton 0 0 0 35,000
Hereford4* 0 0 0 *
Leicester City 0 0 35,000 35,000
Luton 0 0 35,000 35,000
Medway 0 0 0 35,000
Milton Keynes 0 0 35,000 35,000
North Somerset 0 56,000 53,200 51,072
Nottingham City 0 0 0 35,000
Peterborough5* 0 0 0 *
Plymouth 0 0 0 35,000
Poole 0 0 35,000 35,000
Portsmouth6* 0 0 * *
Reading 0 0 0 35,000
Rutland7* 0 0 * 0
Slough 0 0 0 35,000
Southampton 0 0 35,000 35,000
Southend 0 0 0 35,000
South Gloucester 0 56,000 53,200 51,072
Stoke8* 0 0 * *
Swindon 0 0 35,000 35,000
Thurrock 0 0 0 35,000
Torbay 0 0 0 35,000
Warrington 0 0 0 35,000
West Berkshire Windsor and 0 0 0 35,000
Maidenhead 0 0 0 35,000
Wokingham 0 0 0 35,000
Wrekin 0 0 0 35,000
York Council 0 55,400 52,630 50,525
East Riding of
Yorkshire9 0 266,000 244,700 242,592
Hartlepool10 0 196,000 186,160 178,714
Isle of Wight 0 168,000 159,600 153,216
* These authorities have or had joint arrangements with:
1 Lancashire
2 Durham
3 Derbyshire
4 Worcestershire
5 Cambridgeshire
6 Hampshire
7 Leicestershire
8 Staffordshire
9 The East Riding of Yorkshire is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.
10 Hartlepool is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton.

Civil Defence grant allocations
£
Welsh Unitary Authorities 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Carmarthenshire 0 204,000 212,800 204,288
Clwyd 224,000 0 0 0
Conwy 0 62,000 58,900 58,644
Country of Gwynedd 0 62,000 58,900 58, 644
Denbighshire 0 70,000 66,500 63,840
Dyfed 224,000 0 0 0
Flinetshire 0 70,000 66,500 63,840
Gwynedd 210,000 0 0 0
Isle of Anglesey 210,000 0 0 0
Mid Glamorgan 224,000 0 0 0
Newport2 0 224,000 212,800 204,288
Powys 182,000 0 0 0
Rhondda Cynon Taff3 0 186,000 186,200 178,288
South Glamorgan 168,000 0 0 0
Swansea4 0 210,000 199,500 191,520

Civil Defence grant allocations
£
Welsh Unitary Authorities 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Vale of Glamorgan5 0 168,000 159,600 153,216
West Glamorgan 196,000 0 0 0
Wrexham 0 70,000 66,500 63,840
1 Carmarthenshire is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.
2 Newport is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Blaneau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire and Torfaen.
3 Rhondda Cynon Taff is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Merthyr Tydfil.
4 Swansea is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot.
5 Vale of Glamorgan is the lead authority in joint arrangements with Cardiff.

Civil Defence grant allocations
£
London Borough Councils 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Provision
Barking 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Barnet 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Bexley 35,000 35,000 35.000 35,000
Brent 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Bromley 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Camden 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Corporation of London 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Croydon 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Ealing 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Enfield 35,000 35.000 35,000 35,000
Greenwich 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Hackney 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Hammersmith 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Haringey 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Harrow 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Havering 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Hillingdon 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Hounslow 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Islington 35,000 35.000 35,000 35,000
Kensington 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Kingston 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Lambeth 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Lewisham 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Merton 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Newham 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Redbridge 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Richmond 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Southwark 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Sutton 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Tower Hamlets 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Waltham Forest 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Wandsworth 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Westminster 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000

Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list his Department's capital expenditure on emergency planning activities in 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 and provision for 1998–99 including capital grants to other bodies; and if he will make a statement about the purpose of the expenditure. [39158]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is set out in the table. The capital expenditure has been incurred to meet necessary infrastructure improvements at the Emergency Planning College. The Home Office pays capital grant to the BBC for the development of a national warning system based around radio and television.

Capital expenditure on emergency planning activities
£000
Year Capital Capital grant Total
1995–96 111 639 750
1996–97 120 714 834
1997–98 63 821 884
1998–99 provisional 61 594 655

Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) current and (b) capital expenditure on the Emergency Planning College in 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 and provision for 1998–99. [39157]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is as follows:

Emergency Planning College expenditure
£000
Year Current Capital Total
1995–96 1,916 111 2,027
1996–97 1,537 120 1,657
1997–98 1,386 63 1,449
1998–99 provisional 1,534 61 1,595

Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list his Department's current expenditure on Home Office emergency planning activities, excluding any costs related to the Emergency Planning College in 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 and provision for 1998–99 under the following headings(a) personnel and staffing costs, (b) premises costs,(c) telecommunications costs, (d) equipment storage and maintenance costs, (e) publicity and publications costs and (f) other costs. [39156]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is as follows:

Current expenditure on Home Office emergency planning activities excluding the Emergency Planning College
£000
1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998– 99 provision
(a) Personnel and staffing 1,405 1,398 1,408 1,551
(b) Premises 1,130 882 94 0
(c) Telecommunications 7,586 8,341 4,963 4,630
(d) Equipment storage and maintenance 2,203 2,300 1,709 1,942
(e) Publicity and publications 84 110 20 60
(f) Other 5,592 6,969 6,806 6,368
Total 18,000 20,000 15,000 13,000

Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what income his Department has received in 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98 and expects to receive in 1998–99 from the disposal of (a) land and property and (b) equipment, formerly used or held for emergency planning or civil defence purposes; and if he will make a statement. [39159]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is given in the table. Income from the disposal of land and property relates to the sale of former civil defence premises. Income from the disposal of equipment relates to the sale of surplus vehicles and equipment from the Emergency Fire Service stockpile. The income has been returned to the Consolidated Fund; with the exception that, last year, some receipts were used to fund the reception arrangements, at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, for evacuees from Montserrat.

Income
£000
Year Land and property disposal Equipment disposal Total
1995–96 206 35 241
1996–97 576 11 587
1997–98 107 377 484
1998–991 500 27 527
1 Provisional