§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the offices of his Department in the Newcastle upon Tyne travel-to-work area; and how many posts at each are covered by(a) casual, (b) agency or (c) fixed-term appointment staff.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Department and its agencies have 30 offices of varying size in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne travel-to-work area. At present, a total of 27 casual staff are employed at six of these offices, and one person is employed on a fixed-term appointment. Details are as follows.
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Building Casuals Agency Fixed term appointments Longbenton Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear — — — Government buildings Kenton Bar Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 2YY — — — Priory Grounds North Shields Tyne and Wear NE30 4DA — — — 12-16 Woodlands Road Middlesbrough Cleveland TS1 3BE — — 1 Amble Morpeth Northumberland NE65 0AP — — — Government Buildings Broadway West Newcastle upon Tyne 1 — — Seahouses Northumberland — — — Wellbar House Gallowgate Newcastle upon Tyne — — — Bovis House Victoria Road Hartlepool TS24 7EA — — — Eagle Star House Regent Farm Road Gosforth NE3 3JN 2 — — Corporation House Albert Road Middlesbrough TS1 2BP 3 — — Maxwell Road Middlesbrough Cleveland TS3 8TE — — — St. Andrews House Industrial Trading Estate Haugh Lane Hexham — — — The Call Stand Low Quay Blyth Northumberland NE24 3EX — — — Banks Road Darlington Co. Durham DL1 1YE — — — Wyveston Lodge Sunderland Road South Shields — — — Crown House Surtees Street Hartlepool TS24 7AN — — — Westgate House Westgate Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1TW 16 — — Brus House Thornaby Cleveland — — — McMullen Road Darlington Durham 3 — — Sandy Lane Gosforth Wideopen Newcastle upon Tyne — — — 159 High Street Stockton on Tees Cleveland — — — Station Approach Bishop Auckland Durham — — — 5 Stanley Street Blyth Northumberland — — —
Building Casuals Agency Fixed term appointments Elvet House Hallgarth Street Durham — — — Mainforth Terrace Hartlepool Cleveland — — — 5 Albert Terrace Linthorpe Middlesbrough TS1 3PA — — — 1 The Cloisters Stockton Road Sunderland Tyne-Wear 2 — — Corporation Road Darlington Durham — — — Seventh Avenue Team Valley Estate Tyne and Wear NE11 0NG — — — Total 27 — 1
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will hold open all vacant posts currently covered by casual staff in the Newcastle vehicle registration office in order that staff declared surplus in the Driving Standards Agency can be redeployed.
§ Mr. NorrisIt is the Department's practice to manage staffing so as to allow where possible for the redeployment into other posts of suitable staff who become surplus from their existing work. Firm plans for the posts referred to will not be possible until the current review of the vehicle registration office network, and market testing of work in the Driving Standards Agency, are complete.