HC Deb 18 December 1986 vol 107 cc706-7W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what the total number of staff working for the Department of Health and Social Security in Portsmouth is now; and whether the number will increase after the opening of the new office in Commercial Chambers, Montgomery Way.

Mr. Lyell

The number of staff allocated to the Department's office in Portsmouth is 223. The reorganistion of office boundaries following the opening of the new office in January 1987 will also affect the Department's two offices at Havant, whose current combined complement is 142. No change is the overall complement is currently envisaged.