BRITAIN'S DEFENCE OUTLAY
£3,847,960 To Be Spent In Move To Ensure Preparedness
-j* Reeeived Thursday, 9,30. a.m. LONDON, March 9. Over ten times more wil be spent next year than this on civil defence and in buying equipment and materials. This is disclosed in the detailed estimates pubiished today, of a speed up in civil .defence reorganisation.
Equipment and materials on which only £20,000 was spent in the current year, will cost £254,000 in the next 12 months. The amount to be spent on training will be £472,000 against £60,000 in the present year. Altogether £3,847,960 is to be spent on civil defence next year. Estimates show a net increase over the present year of £13,268 but this is mainly because of expenses caused by the aftermath of war are now almost paid off. The cost foi; instance of dismantling and reinstating land and buildings used in wartime for civil defence will be down by £259,000.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1949, Page 5
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