HC Deb 02 December 1992 vol 215 cc233-4W
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many civil servants from his Department have been relocated from London to other parts of the United Kingdom(a) in the last five years and (b) in the last 10 years; and to where they were relocated.

Mr. Forman

The Department has relocated 101 posts from London in the last five years, and 104 in the last ten. All relocations were to Darlington.

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many civil servants are currently employed by his Department(a) in London and (b) elsewhere.

Mr. Forman

The Department currently employs 1,398 full-time equivalent civil servants in London and 728 in Darlington. The Darlington figure includes 304 staff in the Teachers Pensions Agency.

Relocation to Darlington of some of the Department's work related to grant-maintained schools will result in a reduction by 58 FTE staff in London and an increase by 69 in Darlington by March 1993.