§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now withdraw his proposal to close his Department's regional office in Nottingham; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RossiWe have decided, as part of our plan to reduce the number of social security regions from 12 to seven, that from July 1982 the area and work of our existing East Midlands and East Anglia region, which has its headquarters in Nottingham should be divided up between the West Midlands and London North regions. No decisions have yet been taken about the location of the headquarters of the new Midlands region.