HC Deb 01 December 1969 vol 792 c215W
Mr. Fred Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a further statement about the dispersal of Ministry of Defence staff to Cardiff.

Mr. John Morris

Approximately 1,500 Army Department posts in London will be dispersed to a new Government office building at Maindy, Cardiff. Alex Gordon and Partners have been appointed as consultant architects for the building which will have an area of about 230,000 square feet, will cost about £1¾ million and will be erected between 1971 and 1974.