Editing Civil Contingencies Secretariat (section)

==Formation==

In the aftermath of the [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K bug scare]], the [[Fuel protests in the United Kingdom#2000|fuel protests of 2000]], flooding in [[Autumn 2000 western Europe floods|autumn 2000]], and the [[2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak|foot and mouth epidemic of 2001]] the UK government felt that the existing emergency management policies and structures were inadequate to deal with natural or man-made disasters, and formed the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in July 2001, located in the Cabinet Office.{{sfn|Cornish|2007|pp=10, 15}}{{sfn|Sylvester|2001}}{{sfn|Tesh|2012}} Soon after the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]] the remit of the CCS was expanded to include mitigating the consequences of a large scale terrorist attack.{{sfn|Cornish|2007|p=10}}

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 Raid Precautions in the United Kingdom|Air Raid Precautions Department]], [[Ministry of Home Security]]), existed.