§ Mr. Dan Jonesasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will identify the numbers of civil servants to be dispersed and the geographical locations to which they are to be sent under the Hardman proposals; if he will indicate the assisted 29W areas in which new Government Departments, agencies and commissions have been established since 1974; and how many Departments, agencies and commissions remain to be established in such areas.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFor details of the numbers of civil service posts and the locations to which they are to be dis-
ASSISTED AREAS SCOTTISH SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA Offices established since July 1974 (including those started before July 1974) Remaining to be established (including those in the process of being established) Department of Industry, Regional Development Grants Office, Glasgow. Department of Health and Social Security, Benefit Computer Centre, Livingston. Department of Energy, Offshore Supplies Office, Glasgow. Inland Revenue, Accounts Office 'A', Cumbernauld. SCOTTISH DEVELOPMENT AREA Inland Revenue, Collection Training Centre, Edinburgh. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre, London Post Office, Dundee. Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Edinburgh. NORTHERN SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Printing Works, Gateshead. Department of Health and Social Security, Child Benefit Centre, Washington. Land Registry, District Office, Durham. NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AREA Department of Industry, Regional Development/Grants Office, Billingham. Inland Revenue, Development Land Tax Office Middlesbrough. Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Middlesbrough. YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE INTERMEDIATE AREA — Inland Revenue, Accounts Office 'B', Shipley. Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Sheffield. NORTH WEST INTERMEDIATE AREA Land Registry, District Office, Lytham St. Annes. Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Manchester. Equal Opportunities Commission, Manchester. MERSEYSIDE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, VAT Office, Liverpool. Inland Revenue, Accounts Office 'C', Bootle. Department of Industry, Regional Development/Grants Office, Bottle. Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Bootle. Inland Revenue, Certification Centre, Merseyside. Land Registry, District Office, North Wirral. WELSH DEVELOPMENT AREA Department of Industry, Regional Development/Grants Office, Cardiff. Department of the Environment, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre, Swansea. Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Cardiff. Land Registry, District Office, Swansea. SOUTH WEST INTERMEDIATE AREA — Land Registry, District Office, Plymouth. NORTHERN IRELAND — Inland Revenue, Regional Office, Belfast. Offices for the proposed wealth tax legislation will not been included, since the Government have announced that the relevant
30Wpersed following the Government's decisions on the Hardman Report, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave the hon. Member for Upminster (Mr. Loveridge) on 17th February. Information as at 1st October 1976 about new Government offices established since July 1974 in assisted areas and those remaining to be established in such areas is as follows:
legislation will not be introduced within, the life of the present Parliament.