HC Deb 10 April 2002 vol 383 cc59-60W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to relocate executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies under the remit of his Department to Scotland. [47952]

Mr. Bradshaw

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary currently has no plans to relocate to Scotland any of the non-departmental public bodies or one executive agency currently under his remit.

The British Council in Scotland already has a headquarters in Edinburgh and offices in Glasgow and Aberdeen. In April 2003, twenty posts from the Education and Training Department of the British Council in England will be moved to Edinburgh.

The Britain Russia Centre has its main office in England, but also has a small office in Scotland.