§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Social Security, what is the present annual cost of running the central and the local offices of her Department, respectively.
§ Mr. HartIs is estimated that in the current financial year the costs of maintaining and running the Ministry's Central Offices at Newcastle and Blackpool will be of the order of £17 million; the comparable costs for Regional and Local Offices will be of the order of £68 million.