HC Deb 16 December 1980 vol 996 c122W
Mr. Banks

asked the Minister of Transport if he will set out the present and revised staff establishment figures for the North-Eastern road construction unit in Harrogate arising from his decision to disband the sub-units.

Mr. Fowler

The authorised complement of the North-Eastern road construction unit headquarters at Harrogate is 118: the number of staff in post is 97.

The work load of the headquarters unit depends on the number and complexity of the road schemes in the programme. In a written reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate (Mr. Banks) on 9 December, I announced my decision to transfer the work of designing the schemes and supervising their construction from the sub-units in Durham and West Yorkshire to consultants and county councils. I would not expect this to have any significant effect on the number of staff in post in Harrogate.

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