HC Deb 06 July 1971 vol 820 cc314-6W
27. Mr. Millan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent he took into consideration other locations before deciding to locate the central control organisation for the value-added tax at Southend; and if he will list these other locations.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

Reports that vast numbers of staff will be employed on V.A.T. at Southend have been greatly exaggerated. Nearly three-quarters of the staff will be in local offices spread throughout the country. Most of the remaining one-quarter of the staff will be in Southend which is the existing Customs and Excise dispersal area where there is already a substantial concentration of Customs staff and where considerable economies can be secured.

I am circulating a list of local offices in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Aberdeen Leeds
Aberdeen. Leeds.
York.
Belfast Bradford.
Belfast. Sheffield.
Doncaster.
Birmingham Halifax.
Birmingham. Liverpool
Coventry.
Dudley. Liverpool.
Wolverhampton. Birkenhead.
Southport.
Brighton Wigan.
Brighton. Warrington.
Eastbourne. London Central
Worthing.
Reigate. City, E.C.I.
Tunbridge Wells. Leytonstone.
Romford.
Bristol Southend.
Bristol. London North
Taunton.
Worcester. Holborn/St. Pancras.
Gloucester.
Stoke Newington.
Chester Finchley/Enfield.
Chester. London South
Colwyn Bay.
Shrewsbury. Southwark.
Stoke-on-Trent. Catford/Lewisham.
Croydon.
Dover Kingston.
Canterbury. London West
Hastings.
Maidstone. Westminster.
Hammersmith.
Edinburgh Ealing/Hounslow.
Edinburgh. Manchester
Galashiels. Manchester.
Dundee. Bolton.
Stockport.
Glasgow
Glasgow. Newcastle
Stirling. Newcastle.
Sunderland.
Greenock Middlesbrough.
Greenock.
Ayr. Northampton
Dumfries. Northampton.
Peterborough.
Harwich Bedford.
Ipswich. Cambridge.
Chelmsford. Hertford.
Norwich. Watford.
Hull Nottingham
Hull. Nottingham.
Scarborough. Leicester.
Grimsby. Derby.
Lincoln. Chesterfield.
Plymouth High Wycombe.
Plymouth. Woking.
Barnstple. Oxford.
Truro. Swindon.
Exeter.
Torquay. Southampton
Southampton.
Preston Portsmouth.
Blackpool. Bournemouth.
Preston. Yeovil.
Lancaster.
Carlisle. South Wales and the Borders
Workington.
Accrington. Cardiff.
Newport.
Reading Hereford.
Reading. Swansea.
Slough. Haverfordwest.