HC Deb 31 July 1981 vol 9 c716W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many civil servants (a) industrial and (b) non-industrial he is proposing to make redundant from the Property Services Agency at Burtonwood; to what time scale; and in which Departments the redundancies will occur.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The decision to close a part of the PSA' s central engineering workshops at Burtonwood will entail about 100 redundancies among industrial staff and the displacement of some 20 non-industrials. The closure is planned for spring 1982. Every effort will be made to find alternative posts for the non-industrial staff.

Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated cost of redundancy payments for staff at the Property Services Agency Burtonwood.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

About £370,000.