§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the number and location of Accounts Services Agency, Companies House, Insolvency Service, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, National Engineering Laboratory, National Physical Laboratory, National Weights and Measures Laboratory, Patent Office and Radiocommunications Agency offices closed and the number of jobs lost or transferred as a result of agency work transferring from Scotland to the rest of the United Kingdom over the past five years; and if he will list the number and location of offices opened and jobs gained in Scotland as the result of agency work transferring to Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom over the same period. [20299]
§ Mr. HeseltineOne clerical post in Radiocommunications Agency was transferred to Scotland during the period in question. No other work carried out by any of the Department's executive agencies has been transferred to or from Scotland from or to the rest of the UK during the period.