The Preparing For Emergencies booklet, issued in 2004, provides information on what the government is doing to protect the country as a whole. National editions of the booklet are on the Scottish Executive website, and the Northern Ireland Office site. (The Northern Ireland link goes directly to a PDF and may download very slowly.)

English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish versions are available on the Preparing For Emergencies website (see the link to the right).

Copies of the booklet will be sent to all households in the UK throughout August. Once the delivery is completed, people will be able to order alternative versions by post, or download them from this website. They will be in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh.

You will also be able to order the booklet in audio tape, large print, and Braille formats.

To order copies by phone, call 0800 88 77 77 or textphone 0800 859 859.

The Perparing For Emergencies website also has links to other sources of information and phone numbers for assistance