HC Deb 01 December 1964 vol 703 cc48-9W
Mr. Ramsden

asked the Postmaster-General to what extent the proposed move of the Post Office Savings Bank to Glasgow will affect the Post Office Savings Bank in Harrogate; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Benn

It is clear that the efficient operation of the Savings Bank in Glasgow will in the end require a concentration there of all the work of the Bank, including that now done at Harrogate. While some smaller items of work may filter away to Glasgow a little earlier, I visualise the main items of Harrogate business as remaining there until towards the end of the dispersal operation which itself will necessarily take many years.

Mr. Ramsden

asked the Postmaster-General how many non-industrial Civil Service posts in the Post Office Savings Bank are filled by persons resident in the constituency of Harrogate.

Mr. Benn

1,185 at 26th November.