asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which sources the emergency services in Avon can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units and (e) decontamination units available for use;(2) from which sources the emergency services in South Glamorgan can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of
(a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(3) from which sources the emergency services in Gloucestershire can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(4) from which sources the emergency services in Somerset can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(5) from which sources the emergency services in Dorset can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units, and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(6) from which sources the emergency services in East Sussex can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units, and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(7) from which sources the emergency services in Kent can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total
number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units, and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(8) from which sources the emergency services in Suffolk can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units, and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(9) from which sources the emergency services in Cleveland can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units, and (e) decontamination units available for use;
(10) from which sources the emergency services in Durham can call for equipment to deal with accidents involving radioactive contamination; and if he will call for a report from the emergency services in that area detailing the total number of (a) dosimeters, (b) radiac survey meters, (c) sets of protective clothing, (d) breathing units, and (e) decontamination units available for use;
Police force
| Dosimeters
| Radiac survey meters
| Protective clothing
| Breathing units
| Decontamination units
|
| South Wales | 50 | 523 | — | — | — |
| Suffolk | 18 | 347 | — | 192 | — |
| Cleveland | 28 | 137 | — | — | — |
| Durham | 14 | 438 | — | — | — |
| Northumbria | 58 | 532 | — | 6 | — |
| Dorset | 15 | 382 | — | — | — |
| Gloucestershire | 14 | 338 | — | — | — |
| Sussex | 52 | 529 | — | — | — |
| Kent | 39 | 570 | — | — | — |
| North Wales | 12 | 780 | — | 70 | — |
| Avon and Somerset | 14 | 338 | — | — | — |
| Cumbria | 35 | 375 | — | — | — |
Much of this equipment is held for civil defence purposes and would be unlikely to be of use in a peacetime emergency. Further equipment and professional advice is available, as set out in the Emergency Planning Guidance to Local Authorities (a copy of which is in the Library).
Health authorities locally are responsible for the day to day management of ambulance services and the information requested is not held centrally.
With regard to the fire service I shall write to the hon. Member.