§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he has taken to relocate staff in(a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which he is responsible to the regions of the United Kingdom with the highest levels of unemployment; and what plans he has further to decentralise the location of his Department and its agencies. [70466]
§ Mr. Meale78 per cent. of my Department's staff, including agencies, are employed outside London following a number of relocation exercises over the years. The scope to decentralise more work will be kept under review.
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the total number of staff(a) in his Department and (b) in each of the agencies for which he is responsible and their location in (i) London, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) each of the English regions. [70480]
§ Mr. MealeFigures showing the number of staff for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, together with a regional breakdown of all Departmental staff, are given in the "Civil Service Statistics 1998", which has been placed in the Library.