HC Deb 07 April 1998 vol 310 c144W
Mr. Cotter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if civil servants transferred to the regional development agencies will retain their Civil Service status. [38303]

Mr. Caborn

In keeping with the majority of executive Non Departmental Public Bodies, Regional Development Agencies will not be Crown Bodies, and their staff will therefore not be Civil Servants.