Question to the Ministry of Defence:

What recent steps his Department has taken to relocate the Defence Business Services from Liverpool to Blackpool.

Following the closure of the Intentions Exercise on 31 March, where staff indicated their intent to either relocate or redeploy, staff have either received advanced Risk of Redundancy Letters (in the event that redeployment is not secured) or post relocation notices. The current site in Blackpool has been prepared to receive staff transferring from Liverpool and Cheadle Hulme with the first staff transferring from 5 June over a three-month period.