§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish particulars showing, by Departments, the number of civil servants it is proposed to transfer from London, their new working locations, when the moves will take place and be completed and the estimated costs involved.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe Government's programme for the dispersal of 333W some 31,000 posts from London, following the Hardman Report, was announced
Department Approximate number of posts Location Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1,250 Merseyside Agricultural Research Council … 160 Merseyside Civil Service Department … 395 Norwich 265 Basingstoke 50 Sunningdale H.M. Customs and Excise … 500 Southend Ministry of Defence* … 5,000 Cardiff 6,000 Glasgow Department of the Environment … 1,160 Bristol Countryside Commission … 90 Cheltenham (completed in 1974) Property Services Agency … 3,000 Teesside 1,000 To be decentralised to Regional Headquarters Foreign and Commonwealth Office … 500 Merseyside Department of Health and Social Security … 500 Newcastle 980 Blackpool Home Office … 1,000 Merseyside Natural Environment Research Council … 190 Swindon Ministry of Overseas Development … 1,000 Glasgow Office of Population Censuses and Surveys … 500 Merseyside (Southport) Science Research Council … 380 Swindon H.M. Stationery Office … 380 Norwich Departments of Trade and Industry … 1,600 Cardiff and Newport Laboratory of the Government Chemist … 360 West Cumbria Export Credits Guarantee Department … 800 Cardiff Manpower Services Commission … 1,500 Sheffield Health and Safety Commission … To be decided To be decided Inland Revenue … To be decided To local offices * Numbers subject to the result of the Defence Review. It is at present expected that on average about half of these posts will be filled by civil servants transferred from London. The timing and costs of the moves are currently being reassessed in the light of the moratorium on new building starts announced at the end of last year.