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141.
Sir T. Beamish
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the strength of the Civil Defence Corps in the United Kingdom on the latest date for which figures are available, and for each of the previous 10 years.
Mr. George Thomas
I am circulating a table giving this information. The fall in numbers since 1962 was the result of the radical reorganisation of the Corps then made.
| TABLE | |||
| Date | England and Wales | Scotland | Total |
| 30th September, 1965 | 180,682 | 30,052 | 210,734 |
| 30th September, 1964 | 211,570 | 31,092 | 242,662 |
| 30th September, 1963 | 249,238 | 30,519 | 279,757 |
| 30th September, 1962 | 325,459 | 37,893 | 363,352 |
| 30th September, 1961 | 320,721 | 36,806 | 357,527 |
| 30th September, 1960 | 319,592 | 35,100 | 354,692 |
| 30th September, 1959 | 328,743 | 35,412 | 364,155 |
| 30th September, 1958 | 328,567 | 30,947 | 359,514 |
| 30th September, 1957 | 321,751 | 29,516 | 351,267 |
| 30th September, 1956 | 322,060 | 26,154 | 348,214 |
| 30th September, 1955 | 341,122 | 24,855 | 365,977 |