§ Sir A. Meyerasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in view of the loss of jobs caused by the transfer of local taxation offices to the Vehicle Licensing Centre, Swansea, he will issue guidance to Government Departments to give priority to applications from those formerly employed in local taxation offices.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisArrangements are already in hand to enable local authority staff affected by the run-down of Local Taxation Offices to be specially notified of competitions to fill the remaining vacancies in the Department of the Environment's local vehicle licensing offices, which are taking over some of 333W their work. It would not accord with the principles of fair and open competition for Civil Service posts to give these local authority staff a prior claim to be considered for general posts in Government Departments.