§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what work currently being carried out at the Property Services Agency district works office at Greenwich is likely to be transferred to the private sector; on what terms; and what is the anticipated financial saving.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe Government's policy is to transfer minor maintenance work to the private sector wherever possible, but staff will he retained to do work which cannot readily be undertaken by contractors. It is not at present possible to quantify the financial savings, but the transfer will enable us to give priority to essential work beyond the scope of the directly employed labour.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the approved establishment for (a) skilled and (b) unskilled industrial staff at the Greenwich district works office of the Property Services Agency; and how many of its posts are currently unfilled.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThere are 42 skilled and 39 unskilled industrial staff at Greenwich district works office. There are no unfilled posts.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many managerial, professional and technical posts are included in the approved establishment at the Property Services Agency Greenwich works office; and how many of them currently are vacant.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergNine technical and seven other non-industrial staff are in post at Property Services Agency district works office Greenwich. There are no vacancies at present.