Business Advisory Group on Civil Protection
The Government's Business Advisory Group on Civil Protection provides a forum through which business representative groups and government meet to discuss civil protection issues.
- Terms of Reference [PDF, 75KB, 3 pages] (updated 20/06/07) - This document sets out the aim and objectives of the group, along with the core membership from government departments and business representative organisations.
Meetings of the group:
July 2007
Presentations and papers of the fifth meeting of the BAGCP
March 2007
Presentations and papers of the fourth meeting of the BAGCP
December 2006
Presentations and papers of the third meeting of the BAGCP
September 2006
Summary of the second meeting of the BAGCP
- The Government's current risk view - Bruce Mann updated the group on the Government's current risk assessment.
- Planning for a Human Flu Pandemic
- The Cabinet Office has recently revised its Guidance on Contingency Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic [PDF, 260KB, 16 pages] to provide further information on issues such as staff absence.
- The Department for Children, Schools and Families, in consultation with other Government departments and external partners, has produced guidance documents to help schools and other bodies plan for a human flu pandemic [External website]. This is part of the Government's coordinated efforts to encourage prudent planning across all sectors, in preparing and planning for a possible human flu pandemic.
- The key message in this guidance is that in a human flu pandemic, in order to reduce the spread of infection among children, the Government may advise schools and childcare providers to close to children for part or all of the pandemic. The closure of these services would have an impact on parents working in all sectors, and thus on their employers. It is therefore relevant to contingency planning by all organisations.
- SISBO Forum on Avian Flu and Human Pandemic Planning [PDF, 2 pages, 87KB] - The Foreign Office informed the group about their "Security Information Service for Business Overseas" forum meeting on the 1st December designed to help businesses based abroad or with overseas interests.
June 2006
Summary of the first meeting of the BAGCP
- The Challenge We Face - the government's current risk assessment, and preparedness across the public and private sectors.
- Communication & Engagement - the frameworks in place at a national and local level to ensure effective communication with businesses about civil protection topics, and initiatives by business representative organisations to communicate about civil protection issues to their memberships.
- Human Flu Pandemic - the current level of risk; the government's planning and preparations; and information and guidance available for businesses.
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