§ Mr. Steenasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he can now announce the composition of the Civil Service posts to be located at Bootle referred to in his statement of 26 July.
§ Mr. ChannonThe Government have decided to send to Bootle some 850 posts from the Health and Safety Executive, 300 from the Home Office computer centre (150 already announced), and 100 from the Property Services Agency (already announced). The bulk of the posts will be located in the accommodation at present occupied by staff of the Inland Revenue who will move to St. John's House.
There may be a requirement for a number of additional short-term posts in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in connection with the 1981 census. The Government's intention is that, subject to the sufficiently early completion of St. John's House, the majority of such posts would be located in Bootle.