§ Mr. CranTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress is being made in his Department's review, in line with Treasury guidelines, of the potential for the further relocation of Civil Service posts outside London and the south-east; and when he expects the review to be completed.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyEighty per cent. of DTp staff are located outside London and the Department is reviewing the possibilities for further relocation.
A decision to relocate the headquarters of the driver testing and training division to Nottingham in mid-1990 was announced earlier this year; a review of TRRL at Crowthorne concluded against relocation; a review of marine HQ posts is nearing completion; and a review of parts of the highways command has recently started.