§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each year since 1979 the number of civil service jobs which have been transferred from the south-east to areas of high unemployment, and the departments responsible for these transfers; and what plans the Government has over the next five years for a further transfer of work, and which Departments are concerned.
§ Mr. Ryder[holding answer 20 March 1990]: The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested, but I would refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond and Barnes (Mr. Hanley) on 17 January, 1990, Official Report, columns 289–90.