§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many extra jobs for persons residing in the Glasgow area he expects from the dispersal of 5,500 Ministry of Defence jobs from England to Glasgow.
§ Dr. GilbertIt is not possible to provide an estimate of the likely number of jobs for locally recruited staff until a final decision is taken on the areas of MOD work to be dispersed to Glasgow. In earlier Civil Service dispersals up to a half of the total number of dispersal jobs has been filled by local recruitment.
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give a breakdown of the figure he has quoted of £200 million as the cost of the dispersal of 5,500 Ministry of Defence jobs to Glasgow.
§ Dr. GilbertIt will not be possible to provide the hon. Member with a detailed and reliable breakdown of anticipated costs of MOD dispersal to Glasgow until 579W a decision has been taken on the areas of work to be dispersed and more detailed planning has been completed.