HC Deb 15 March 1972 vol 833 cc107-8W
35. Mr. Dormand

asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in view of the increasing unemployment in the Easington constituency, he will provide Government establishments in, or transfer some to, the new town of Peterlee to alleviate the position.

Mr. David Howell

As I said to the hon. Member on 10th December, as part of the current dispersal review the Government are considering a wide range of possible locations for work which might be dispersed from London, but it would be wrong to make promises about any particular place at this stage.—[Vol. 827, c. 432.]

Mr. David Steel

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what sections of Government Departments he expects to move to Scotland in the next two years.

Mr. David Howell

Progress will continue during the next two years on the dispersal of National Savings Bank work to Glasgow. Some Inland Revenue London P.A.Y.E. work will also be dispersed from London to Edinburgh by 1974, and the Forestry Commission head-

attendances has not been wholly reliable, the estimates can provide a broad order of magnitude only.

quarters will be established there during 1975. In addition, the Scottish centre of the Civil Service College will be fully operative in Edinburgh by 1974, and a number of local V.A.T. offices are to be established in Scotland.