HC Deb 21 March 1990 vol 169 c611W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each year since 1979 the number of civil service jobs which have been transferred from the south-east to areas of high unemployment, and the departments responsible for these transfers; and what plans the Government has over the next five years for a further transfer of work, and which Departments are concerned.

Mr. Ryder

[holding answer 20 March 1990]: The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested, but I would refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond and Barnes (Mr. Hanley) on 17 January, 1990, Official Report, columns 289–90.