§ Mr. CranTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the estimated saving to the Treasury of the relocation of Civil Service posts outside London and the south-east since 1979.
§ Mr. RyderThis information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, since no records are kept centrally of savings achieved through relocation of central Government Departments. However, the Scottish Office report published in June 1988 evaluating the dispersal of part of the Overseas Development Administration from London to East Kilbride in 1981 offers evidence of the significant financial and other advantages which can be obtained through relocation.