§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Prime Minister if she remains satisfied that the £4.4 million cost of transferring part of the Overseas Development Administration to East Kilbride in the next two years will be offset by the estimated cumulative savings of a similar amount by 1990; and whether she will re-examine this intended transfer in the light of the policy of immediate public expenditure cuts.
§ The Prime MinisterThe answer to the first part of my hon. Friend's question is " Yes ". We do not propose to re-examine the transfer of part of the Overseas Development Administration to East Kilbride. We are firmly committed to2W the dispersal programme announced last year by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Civil Service Department.