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Written question asked by Lord Beecham (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Hanham (Conservative) on Monday, 25 October 2010.


Government Departments: Closures

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates they have made of the cost of closing Government Office North East, including the cost of redundancy and severance payments, premises, pension liabilities, and the termination of contracts for goods and services.
Answer

In his spending review Statement. the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed the closure of the remaining government offices, including Government Office North East. This will take place by no later than 31 March 2011. We will publish more detail in due course. The main costs of closure will be staff liabilities and we are working to minimise these by redeploying surplus GO staff wherever possible.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2786; 721 c231WA
Session
2010-12
Related items
Government Departments: Closures
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Costs Closures Government Office for the North East
Link
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