§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. CurryApart from staff movements that occur routinely within any Department with a large regional organisation, over the past five years some 202 departmental posts have been relocated from London, of which 44 went to Guildford, 42 to Exeter, 19 to Norwich, 14 to Gloucester, 14 to Alnwick and 69 to Oxford. In the preceding five years, four London posts were moved to Alnwick.