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Encyclopedia > Civil Contingencies Secretariat

Responsibility for emergency planning in the United Kingdom was transferred from the Home Office to the Cabinet Office in 2001. It is now assigned to the Civil Contingencies Secretariat. The role of the secretariat is to ensure the United Kingdom’s resilience against disruptive challenge, and to do this by working with others to anticipate, assess, prevent, prepare, respond and recover. The old American Civil Defense logo, used today federally only as a historical reminder on FEMAs seal, the triangle emphasises the 3-step Civil Defense philosophy used before the foundation of FEMA and Comprehensive Emergency Management. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... The Cabinet Office is a United Kingdom government department. ...


The Secretariat is organised into three Divisions: Assessment; Operations; and Policy. This article is about the arithmetic operation. ...


The Central Government War Headquarters, at Corsham, Wiltshire, was the site of the highest level administration in the event of a catastrophic emergency. Since 1991 this has been run down, and is now on a care and maintenance basis. At a lower level, Regional Emergency Committees, and (in the event of nuclear war) Regional Commissioners, provided the apparatus of constitutional government. The Central Government War Headquarters, at Corsham, Wiltshire, was the site of the highest level administration in the event of a catastrophic emergency. ... Corsham High Street Corsham is a small town in northwest Wiltshire in England, close to both Bath and Chippenham. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...


Head of the Civil Contingency Secretariat

Until 2001 the Home Office carried out emergency preparedness planning through its Emergency Planning Division, which in turn replaced the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division. From 1935 to 1971 a separate department, called the Civil Defence Department (in the early years the Air Raids Precautions Department, Ministry of Home Security), existed. If youhave just put this warning on this page, please add the following to WP:CV: * {{subst:article-cv|Bruce Mann (civil servant)}} from [http://www. ... If youhave just put this warning on this page, please add the following to WP:CV: * {{subst:article-cv|Susan Scholefield}} from [http://www. ... These initials could mean: The postnominal of a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG, a telecommunications and IT consultancy company which merged with Logica to form LogicaCMG (CMG Admiral became Logica CMG) CMG was founded in 1964 by Bob Collins, Bryan Mills and chairman Doug... If youhave just put this warning on this page, please add the following to WP:CV: * {{subst:article-cv|Mike Granatt}} from [http://www. ... CB may be: Cambridge: CB is the British post code for the region in eastern England which is served by the Cambridge postal sorting office. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. ... From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. ... From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. ...


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Civil Contingencies Secretariat (345 words)
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) guides and co-ordinates the activity taking place across government departments and wider stakeholders to ensure that the UK is resilient to any event which could pose a disruptive challenge to the welfare and day to day activities of the UK.
Civil Resilience is the responsibility of many Government Departments and their Agencies as well as stakeholders in the Emergency Services, Voluntary Sector and key industries such as utilities and transport providers.
The CCS provides the secretariat to the official and Ministerial committees which oversee the policy and communications work on resilience (see the current list of Cabinet Committees).
Civil Contingencies Secretariat - definition of Civil Contingencies Secretariat in Encyclopedia (75 words)
The Civil Contingencies Committee is a British cabinet committee chaired by the Home Secretary.
It is intended to deal with major crises such as terrorism or natural disasters.
It is supported by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
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