§ Mr. McBrideasked 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. MacDermotThe latest review of the position, as set out by Departments 189W 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