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Emergency Planning

Volume 180: debated on Wednesday 14 November 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by location for the three counties Yorkshire and Humberside, and by year for the last four years to date, the local authorities that have developed emergency control centres; and how many (a) emergency planning officers and (b) clerical support staff for emergency planning officers have been employed.

The following emergency centres have been established to meet minimum recommended Home Office standards over the past four years:

CountyEmergency CentreYear
North YorkshireCraven1989–90
North YorkshireRichmond1987–88
North YorkshireScarborough1988–89
West YorkshireCounty Standby (located in Calderdale)1990–91
West YorkshireCalderdale1990–91
HumbersideCounty Standby (co-located with Great Grimsby)1989–90
HumbersideBeverley1987–88
HumbersideCleethorpes1987–88
HumbersideEast Yorkshire1989–90
The number of

(a) emergency planning officers and (b) clerical support staff employed over the last four years are: