HC Deb 28 January 2002 vol 379 cc83-4W
Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reviews of the preparedness for terrorist attack against(a) chemical industry plants and (b) nuclear industry facilities have been conducted by the civil contingencies unit following the terrorist activities in the United States on 11 September 2001. [28537]

Mr. Blunkett

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry keeps security and safety precautions at nuclear sites under regular review. The United Kingdom's civil nuclear sites apply stringent security measures regulated by the security regulator, the Office for Civil Nuclear Security. She is also working closely with industry representatives and others to analyse the vulnerabilities of the chemical industries to terrorist attack and to identify and implement measures to maximise their resilience.

Force Chief Constable Appointment date Term
Avon and Somerset S. C. Pilkington Esq QPM February 1998 3 years 11 months
Bedfordshire Police Paul Hancock Esq April 2001 9 months
Cambridgeshire D. G. Gunn Esq CBE QPM September 1993 8 years 4 months
Cheshire Police N. Burgess Esq QPM October 1997 4 years 3 months
City of London Police Perry Nove QPM April 1998 3 years 9 months
Cleveland Police B. D. Shaw Esq QPM August 1995 6 years 5 months
Cumbria Michael Baxter December 2001 1 month
Derbyshire D. Coleman Esq July 2000 1 year 6 months
Devon and Cornwall Sir John Evans QPM September 1988 13 years 4 months
Dorset Police Mrs. Jane Stichbury QPM December 1998 3 years 1 month
Durham G. E. Hedges QPM August 1997 4 years 5 months
Essex Police D. F. Stevens Esq QPM March 1998 3 years 10 months
Gloucestershire Timothy Brain Esq March 2001 10 months
Gtr Manchester Police D. Wilmot Esq QPM April 1991 10 years 9 months
Hampshire P. R. Kernaghan Esq QPM May 1999 2 years 8 months
Hertfordshire Paul Acres Esq QPM February 2000 1 year 11 months
Humberside Police D. Westwood Esq QPM November 1998 3 years 2 months
Kent Sir David Phillips QPM November 1992 9 years 2 months
Lancashire Mrs. P Clare QPM May 1995 6 years 8 months
Leicestershire D. J. Wyrko Esq QPM April 1997 4 years 9 months
Lincolnshire Police R. J. N. Childs Esq QPM March 1998 3 years 10 months
Merseyside Police N. Bettison Esq QPM November 1998 3 years 2 months
Metropolitan Police Sir John Stevens QPM February 2000 1 year 11 months
Norfolk K. R. Williams Esq QPM May 1993 8 years 8 months
Northamptonshire Police Mr. Chris Fox QPM July 1996 5 years 6 months
Northumbria Police J. C. Strachan Esq QPM October 1997 4 years 3 months
North Yorkshire Police D. R. Kenworthy Esq QPM October 1997 4 years 3 months
Nottinghamshire Police Stephen M. Green Esq, QPM February 2000 1 year 11 months
South Yorkshire Police M. I. I. Hedges Esq QPM February 1998 3 years 11 months
Staffordshire Police J. W. Giffard Esq QPM October 1995 6 years 3 months
Suffolk P. J. Scott-Lee Esq QPM April 1998 3 years 9 months
Surrey Police Denis O'Connor CBE, QPM February 2000 1 year 11 months
Sussex Police Ken Jones January 2002 under 1 month
Thames Valley Police Peter Neyroud January 2002 under 1 month
Warwickshire Police John Burbeck QPM August 2000 1 year 5 months
West Mercia P. Hampson Esq QPM April 1999 2 years 9 months
West Midlands Police Sir Edward Crew QPM May 1996 5 years 8 months
West Yorkshire Police Graham Moore Esq QPM November 1997 4 years 2 months
Wiltshire Miss E Neville QPM October 1996 5 years 3 months

In addition, I chair the civil contingencies committee which, through its sub-committees, has co-ordinated reviews by the appropriate lead Government Departments and devolved Administrations into the contingency and other arrangements to protect the United Kingdom against the effects of a terrorist attack, particularly in the light of the terrorist attacks of 11 September.