Number of bomb shelters in Angus

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Jonathan Rainey

Dear Angus Council,

With increased geopolitical tensions in the world between the west and major superpowers such as Russia and China, how many bomb shelters (including nuclear bomb shelters) are available in the Angus Council area for the public to take shelter in?

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Rainey

InformationGovernance, Angus Council

Dear Mr Rainey

 

Request for Information

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 12 July 2019(received by
the Council that same day) which has been passed to me for attention. 

 

You have requested the following information:

 

… how many bomb shelters (including nuclear bomb shelters) are available
in the Angus Council area for the public to take shelter in?

 

We have not been able to identify any recorded information falling within
the scope of your request. 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Martin Friedrich

 

 

 

 

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