§ 58. Mr. Cockeramasked the Minister of State for Defence if he will consider dispersing more of the civilian personnel of his Department to Merseyside.
§ Lord BalnielJust over 2,600 Ministry of Defence staff are currently employed in the Merseyside Development Area. The decision to transfer an Army Pay and Record Office to Chester to provide continuing employment for 250 staff currently at H.Q. Western Command was announced on 6th October, 1971. A small section of the work of the Procurement executive will be transferred to Merseyside in 1972.