§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many Civil Service personnel have been transferred to Scotland each year since July 1979; and how this compares with the dispersal programme.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information is given in the following table. The numbers are of posts transferred to Scotland by Departments under the dispersal programme announced on 26 July 1979. The programme involves the transfer of a total of 2,050 posts to Scotland. Details of posts which may have been transferred by Departments for management reasons are not held centrally.
No. of posts transferred 1979 Nil 1980 Nil 1981 434 1982 167 1983 190