Relevant UK policies on local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

Non-statistical indicator

We have identified the following policies relevant to this indicator…

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA) - Requires Local Authorities (as defined Category 1 responders) to assess civil contingencies risks and communicate them to the public.

Emergency Preparedness - Chapter 4 Local responder risk assessment duty (PDF 1.27 MB) - Guidance and further detail for Local Authorities fulfilling their statutory duties through completing Community Risk Registers.

Community resilience framework for practitioners - This guidance helps emergency planners ensure communities are central to emergency planning, response and recovery.

The UK’s knowledge platform for disaster risk reduction on PreventionWeb is also relevant to this indicator.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

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