§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are(a) the staff numbers at each location of the Information Technology Services Agency and (b) the numbers of such staff at each location who are banned from transfer to other posts elsewhere within the Government service; what is the operative date of the ban; and on what date staff were made known of the ban.
§ Mr. HagueThe Information Technology Services Agency—ITSA—employs 4,500 permanent staff at locations in the north east, north west, Reading and London. ITSA's plans to transfer its day to day operations to the private sector, announced on 31 January, may affect up to 2,000 jobs mainly based in the north east and north west. Staff will be expected to transfer with the work under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.
None of ITSA's staff has been banned from applying for posts elsewhere within the Government service.