§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what analysis Sir Michael Lyons undertook on(a) the premises cost and (b) the employment cost of Government departments located in (i) the South East and (ii) Hampshire. [165049]
§ Mr. BoatengThe analysis of property and employment costs in the South East is set out in Chapter 3 of Sir Michael Lyons' report, "Well Placed to Deliver?—Shaping the Pattern of Government Service", published on 15 March.
1682W
§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the proposals in the Lyons Report for the relocation of civil servants away from London and the South East on the house building targets proposed by the Barker Report; [165317]
(2) what assessment Sir Michael Lyons made of the impact on local employment markets of the relocation of Civil Service jobs to South West England and South Wales. [165320]
§ Mr. BoatengThis is a matter for departments' detailed business planning which they will be taking forward as part of the 2004 Spending Review.
§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the economic impact on the South Hampshire Priority Area for Economic Regeneration of the proposed relocation of Office for National Statistics staff from Titchfield. [165318]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Peter Walton to Mr. Mark Hoban, dated 1 April 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on what assessment has been made of the economic impact on the South Hampshire Priority Area for Economic Regeneration of the proposed relocation of Office of National Statistics staff from Titchfield. I am replying in his absence. (165318)The impact of the proposed relocation will be a factor taken into account in the 2004 Spending Review.