§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for the period since 1979, Department by Department, the number of civil servants relocated from the south-east, the number planning to be relocated and for which locations have already been chosen and over what time scale, and the numbers of which will be relocated and for which no location has yet been decided.
§ Mr. RyderTable 1 below lists for the period since 1979 the number of civil service posts located or relocated out of the south-east, which total more than 15,000 posts. However, the list probably understates the total as some 6,000 posts created or relocated away from the south-east on Departments' own initiative prior to 1988 were not monitored in detail.
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Table 1 Department dispersal location Posts dispersed Employment group Sheffield 2,152 Bootle 1,025 Runcora 304 Total 3,481 Land registry Peterborough 780 Telford 440 Coventry 350 Weymouth 350 Durham 290 Swansea 240 Hull 180 Leicester 180 Total 2,810 DSS N. Fylde 1,200 Newcastle 600 Lytham 243 Glasgow 50 Wigan/Manchester 43 Belfast 20 Total 2,156 MOD Glasgow 1,400 Swindon 210 Bath 164 Harrogate 70 Cheadle Hulme 60 Yeovilton 54 Sutton Coldfield 50 Llangennech 40 Total 2,048 IR Various DTI Newport 560
Department dispersal location Posts dispersed Birmingham 134 Billingham 53 Cardiff, Edinburgh 25 Total 772 FCO/ODA East Kilbride 657 Home Office Bootle 301 Liverpool 126 Glasgow 88 Total 515 ECGD Cardiff 433 DOE Salisbury 70 Bootle 63 Bristol, Manchester, Leeds 73 Total 206 HM CUSTOMS Liverpool 200 OFFER Birmingham 89 Various 88 Total 177 D/TRANSPORT Nottingham 127 OTHERS Various 495 Total 15,111 Table 2 lists, with the likely timings, the relocation plans which departments have announced but which have still to be implemented; these cover more than 17,000 further posts.
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Table 2 Department and dispersal location Number of posts Likely timing MOD Bristol 3,800 1993-on Teesside 1,600 1993–95 Bath/Bristol 600 1992–93 Sutton Coldfield 200 1990–91 Llangennech 180 1990–91 Bath 156 1990–91 Harrogate 18 1990 Total 6,554 Inland Revenue Nottingham 1,800 1992–93 Various 976 1990–92 Total 2,776 DSS Leeds 800 1992–93 Glasgow 450 1990–91 Belfast 330 1990–91 Wigan 220 1990–91
Department and dispersal location Number of posts Likely timing Newcastle 64 1990–92 Manchester 37 1990–91 Total 1,901 HM Customs Liverpool 1.250 1993–94 Manchester 430 1990–93 Total 1,680 Home Office Midlands 1,000 1993–95 Merseyside 120 1991–93 Total 1,120 D/Health Leeds cl,000 1992–93 Employment group Runcorn 469 1990–93 Sheffield 203 1990–93 Total 672 IBAP Newcastle 350 by March 1992 DTI Newport 290 1990–91 OPCS Southport 230 1991–92 Land registry Birkenhead 200 1992 Charity commission Taunton c130 1990–91 Treasury solicitor Taunton 116 1991 Others Various 86 1990–91 Total 17,105 Details of current relocation reviews by departments are being collated as part of the 1990 public expenditure survey and I shall be making a further announcement in due course.