§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister for the Civil Service why he has decided to close the automatic data processing training unit in the Civil Service College in Edinburgh; and where alternative training facilities will now be made available to Scottish based civil servants seconded to training in this subject.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe automatic data processing training unit at the Edinburgh centre covers only a small part of the total college training effort in this field. As part of an exercise currently being undertaken by the Civil Service College to rationalise the use of its resources the college has decided to transfer the ADP training at present done in Edinburgh to its London centre, where the bulk of this work is undertaken. Scottish-based civil servants will continue to receive college ADP training as at present.