§ Mr. David Reedasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what office buildings in what locations have been examined during 1973 with a view to transferring further Department of Health and Social Services work outside London.
§ Sir K. JosephThe only building examined in this period is an office in Southampton, to which the office of the Chief Insurance Officer—a group of 70 staff—is due to move next year.
The dispersals recommended for my Department in "The Dispersal of Government Work from London", Cmnd. 5322, have not yet matured to the stage of examining buildings. A representative management/staff group recently paid a reconnaissance visit to the Central Lancashire New Town, one of the locations 29W recommended for the Department of Health and Social Security.