§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made in the dispersal of parts of Her Majesty's Government's Departments and their adjuncts to Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Harold LeverNone, having regard to the difficulty of finding a unit of work suitable for transferring to Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in the dispersal of Govern- 246W ment Departments and their adjuncts out of London in the last 12 months; and to what locations they have gone.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe following decisions to disperse work from London have been announced in the last 12 months:
Department New location Number of jobs to be moved from London Charity Commission Liverpool … 130 Ministry of Defence Cardiff* … 1,500 Bath … 950 Royal Mint Llantrisant … 1,500 Total … 4,080 * Cardiff is a likely destination for the 1,500 Defence staff as was indicated in a statement by the Ministry of Defence (Administration) on 22nd November, 1967 (Vol. 754, cols. 368–369). Dispersal plans usually take some years to implement and the transfer of work has continued during the past year in a number of moves from London on which decisions to move were taken more than 12 months ago.