§ Mr. Conwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what he estimates to be the additional travelling costs for Property Services Agency staff involved in the proposal to relocate the Property Services Agency area tier from Shrewsbury to Birmingham;
(2) if he will state the estimated savings of the proposed closure of the area tier of the Property Services Agency.
§ Sir George YoungAn exercise is currently being undertaken to assess the likely costs, including travel costs, and savings of the proposed regional reorganisation of PSA, and reliable estimates cannot yet be given.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the number of people involved in the present area tiers of the Property Services Agency and the numbers estimated in the group management unit's proposals.
§ Sir George YoungAt 1 March 1986 the number of staff in area offices (excluding London) was 1,668. Proposals for staffing in group manager commands are currently being prepared and reliable estimates cannot yet be given. When available, these numbers will not be comparable with the area numbers quoted because group managers will undertake a different range of functions to the present area offices.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the number of people employed on an administrative and manual basis by the Property Services Agency in (a) Shrewsbury and (b) Shropshire.
§ Sir George YoungAt 1 March 1986 the number of people employed was as follows:
Non-industrial Industrial (a) Shrewsbury* 67 12 (b) Shropshire 126 125 * Included in (b).