§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a further statement on the dispersal of Civil Service jobs to the Glasgow area in the light of the decision to abandon the proposal to transfer 2,000 defence jobs at Woolwich to Scotland.
§ Mr. William RodgersI have been asked to reply.
As already announced, the initial plan is for the St. Enoch's Station site, Glasgow to house 4,500 Ministry of Defence posts. Further consideration is being given to the composition and location of the balance of Ministry of Defence posts for dispersal to Scotland.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Minister for the Civil Service which Departments are to be dispersed to Merseyside; when this is likely to be accomplished; how many jobs have to be dispersed in each case; and how many of these will be filled from local recruitment.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFor details of Civil Service departments and numbers of posts to be dispersed to Merseyside, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Ince (Mr. McGuire) on 8th March—[Vol. 907, col.
518W39–40]. Detailed planning is in progress for the implementation of these dispersals, which will be carried out as soon as possible within the 10-year period the Government have set themselves for completing their overall dispersal programme. Firm figures are not yet available for the number of posts that will be filled by local recruitment.