§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the number of civil servants in his Department who could be relocated to provincial centres as part of the policy of devolving and dencentralising Government Departments.
§ Mr. CurrySome 78 per cent. of the Ministry's staff are based outside London. Planning is at various stages of development for moving 1,000 posts away from a number of locations in London and the south-east.