§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will cause the Joint Manpower Watch, in publicising its figures, to show when, as in the case of the Epping Forest district council, there has been a transfer of responsibilities and staff from the Greater London council or other public body.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe content of the Joint Manpower Watch press notice is a matter for the Joint Manpower Watch group, which includes representatives of the local authorities. The notice does draw attention, in general terms, to major transfers of local authority staff, including the transfer of housing staff from the GLC to other authorities. I understand that the group decides that it was not practicable to give details of specific transactions and that these could be adequately explained, to local people and more widely, only by the individual authority concerned.