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 Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants in his 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 Health how many civil servants in his Department have (a) been relocated and (b) been agreed for relocation in the last 12 months; and to which areas of the United Kingdom. [223917] Ms Rosie Winterton: 12 civil servants from the Department have been relocated in the last 12 months: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Leeds 2 London 7 Cambridge 1 Southampton 1 Durham 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In response to the Lyons Review, the Department has committed to relocating 1,110 posts, mainly from its arm's length bodies, by 2010. So far, around 500 posts have been confirmed for relocation. At least 300 of these posts are likely to relocate to Leeds.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1702-3W;432 c1698W; 223917
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Civil servants Government departments Location Department of Health
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk