§ Mr. GroganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made in relocating(a) Civil Service Departments and (b) public bodies from London. [132957]
§ Mr. BoatengThe Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister asked Sir Michael Lyons, Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies at the University of Birmingham, to conduct an independent study into the scope for relocating a substantial number of public sector activities from London and the South East of England to other parts of the United Kingdom.
Sir Michael has now received responses from Government Departments to his review and is currently assessing these before preparing his final report.