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Written question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 March 2010. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Thursday, 8 April 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Civil Servants: Location

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 12 March 2010, Official Report, column 516W, on civil servants: location, what targets were set for (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the Department for Transport, (c) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (d) HM Revenue and Customs and (e) the UK Statistics Authority in respect of (i) percentage relocation and (ii) 2003 baseline staffing figures; and what the performance of each against these targets has been to date.
Answer

Relocation targets were set for the Lyons Programme as an absolute number of civil service posts, not as percentages of staff based in London and the south-east, or as a percentage figure of the total work force.The following table records: the 2003 national staffing figure as recorded in the annual report on civil service staffing figures produced by the Cabinet Office; the London and the south-east staffing figure; the numerical target for posts to relocate; and progress towards that target as of 30 June 2009, for (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the Department for Transport, (c) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (d) HM Revenue and Customs and (e) the UK National Statistics (then known as the Office for National Statistics).

2003 national staff figure 2003 London/SE staff figure Numerical target for posts to relocate Performance against target as of 30 June 2009
CO 2,540 2,360 250 67
DFT 14,540 3,510 60 38
FCO 5,890 4,640 450 30
HMRC 97,740 23,830 4,250 3,238
UKNS 3,250 1,520 850 523

The Budget statement on 24 March 2010 reported that by December 2009 over 21,500 civil service posts had been relocated against the target of 24,000. More detail on this progress is available on the OGC website:"www.ogc.gov.uk"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1600-1W; 323537
Session
2009-10
Related items
Civil Servants: Location
Friday, 12 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Civil servants Location
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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