HC Deb 21 December 1964 vol 704 cc188-9W
Mr. McBride

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the nature and extent, in total, of Government Departments dispersed to various parts of the country, including the location of these Departments, and the number of jobs involved; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. MacDermot

The latest review of the position, as set out by Departments and locations in the following table, shows the approximate numbers of non-industrial civil servants employed on the headquarters work of Government

HEADQUARTERS WORK OUTSIDE LONDON
Department No. of Staff Location
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1,000 Guildford
Ministry of Aviation 800 Liverpool
Reading
Broxbourne
Brighton
Harefield
Malvern
Customs and Excise 250 Lyhman St. Annes
Southend-on-Sea
Ministry of Defence:
Navy Department 5,250 Bath
Army Department 150 Leeds
Air Force Department 2,000 Bracknell
Worcester
Cheadle Hulme
Harrogate
General Register Office 700 Titchfield
Worthy Down
Southport
Ministry of Health 300 Blackpool
Inland Revenue 2,600 Edingburgh
Cardiff
Liverpool
Worthing
Ordnance Survey 1,800 Southampton
Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance 10,700 Blackpool
Newcastle
Post Office 9,100 Lytham St. Annes
Hemel Hempstead
Morecambe
Harrogate
Bristol
Chesterfield
Durham and other centres
H.M. Stationery Office 500 Basildon
Ministry of Transport 380 Cardiff
Hemel Hempstead
35,500