Written question asked by Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in her Department have (a) been relocated and (b) been agreed for relocation in the last 12 months; and to which areas of the United Kingdom.

Answer: John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many civil servants in her Department have (a) been relocated and (b) been agreed for relocation in the last 12 months; and to which areas of the United Kingdom. [223899] Alun Michael: The information is as follows. (a) In financial year 2004-05, Defra relocated 124 members of staff from London and the south east. This figure can be broken down as follows: 50 to Workington, 31 to York 20 to Worcester, 13 to Carlisle and 10 to a variety of sites in the Rural Development Service. (b) Defra's overall target is to relocate at least 390 members of staff from the south east by the end of financial year 2007-08: This will be achieved through a number of major change programmes. Most of these relocations are expected to be to York and Worcester.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1646W;432 c1641W; 223899
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Civil servants Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government departments Location
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk