§ 26. Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a statement about progress in connection with the relocation of some 980 posts in her Department in the Blackpool area.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThree small blocks of work totalling 86 posts have already been transferred from Headquarters to Blackpool and the detailed work needed to identify the posts by grades for the main dispersal is well advanced. Plans are now being drawn up for some redevelopment of the Blackpool Central Office site at Norcross to accommodate the dispersed staff, and it is expected that building will start in the first half of 1976 for occupation some two years later. It may, however, be possible to transfer some further small blocks of work at an earlier date.