§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the professional and other qualifications of the principal finance officer and principal establishment officer for his Department.
§ Mr. TebbitBoth my principal finance and establishment officers have Oxford degrees and wide experience of the public service. My PFO's first degree includes economics; he also has a doctorate from the University of Nottingham and was a member of the
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Redundancies reported as due to occur West Midlands Black Country* Walsall travel-to-work area January 1977–April 1979 21,248 4,518 979 May 1979–September 1982† 171,063 48,154 10,886 Increase (percentage)‡ 450 628 659 * Wolverhampton, Dudley and Sandwell, and Walsall travel-to-work areas. † Including provisional figures for September 1982. ‡ Percentage increase in the annual average number of redundancies. Government economic service for eight years. My PEO has previous experience in Establishments and industrial relations work; has served on secondment in the Civil Service Department, led the management review of the DE Group in 1976–77 and attended the Node in 1980. Both have taken appropriate training at the Civil Service college.