§ Mr. Randallasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the decision to use outside cleaning contractors in Government offices in the Northern Region, if he will state the number of cleaners to be declared redundant, the estimated annual saving to Government and the estimated cost of redundancy payments to be paid to redundant cleaners.
§ Mr. Harold LeverAbout 350, though this number may be reduced by natural wastage. It is too early to give precise figures of savings and redundancy payments for the Northern Region, but I would refer my hon. Friend to the Answers given to the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Mr. Dance) on 19th and 26th February.—[Vol. 759, c.15–16;Vol. 759, c. 248.]