§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what financial savings he expects to achieve by reducing the number of manual employees at the Property Services Agency direct works offices in Greater London;
474W(2) why he is seeking to reduce the number of industrial staff employed at the Property Services Agency district works offices in Greater London, and what effect this will have on the maintenance of public buildings in the area.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of industrial staff in the Property Services Agency's works organisation is being reduced in accordance with the Government's policies of reducing the size of the Civil Service and transferring work to the private sector. These measures will have no significant effect on costs or on standards of maintenance.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the ratio of managerial to manual staff at the Property Services Agency direct works offices in Greater London.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe ratio of professional and technical managerial staff to manual staff employed in the Property Services Agency district works offices in Greater London is about 1 to 40.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many notices of voluntary redundancy have been issued to industrial employees at the Property Services Agency district works office (a) throughout Greater London and (b) at Greenwich; and how many established posts are to be cut in each case.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergInvitations to accept voluntary redundancy terms have been issued to most of PSA's works industrial staff but the numbers that can be released under those arrangements will depend on a number of factors, including the rate at which work can be transferred to private contractors.