HC Deb 10 December 1968 vol 775 cc95-6W
80. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will state his plans for the further regionalisation of Government administrative and clerical offices, indicating how many of each and of the staff of each will be transferred to Scotland and in particular to Aberdeen; and when the transfers will be implemented.

Mrs. Hart

Scotland is considered whenever locations are being decided for new or transferred Government work. Plans already agreed provide for dispersal to Scotland of a total of 7,000 executive and clerical jobs in the next few years, though none of these is planned to go to Aberdeen.

Mrs. Ewing

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the Government office dispersal projects for Scotland since 1964, and the approximate number of people to be employed in each to the last most convenient date; and what steps he is taking at present to achieve a larger degree of dispersal to Scotland.

Mrs. Hart

The list is set out below. Scotland is considered whenever locations are being decided for new or transferred Government work.

The following is the list:

Department Numbers
Post Office Savings Bank, Glasgow 1,700 building up to 5,500
Board of Trade Investment Grants Organisation, Glasgow 115
Post Office Philatelic Bureau, Edinburgh 100
Department of Health and Social Security, Cumbernauld 250
Land Commission, Cumbernauld 165
Inland Revenue:
Computer Centre to do London Tax Work, Edinburgh Building up to almost 3,000
Computer Centre. East Kilbride 600 building up to about 1,300