Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Caroline Ansell Excerpts
Wednesday 15th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon
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Yes, my hon. Friend makes an important point. There is a policy on rebalancing the civil service between London and the regions across the United Kingdom. The civil service already has a significant presence across the United Kingdom, and he will know that many civil servants are employed in Northern Ireland. We are looking to extend this further and to create multi-occupancy offices in key locations around the country.

Caroline Ansell Portrait Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) (Con)
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13. I am happy to make a bid for the relocation of Government offices. As my right hon. Friend will know, coastal communities have many advantages, but they face serious challenges. Does he agree that as the sunniest town in our fair United Kingdom, with a thriving cultural scene and buoyant chamber of commerce, Eastbourne might be just the place for such a relocation, as might East Sussex in general?