Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government's Estate Strategy of July 2018, whether a decision has been made on the location of the 1,000 public sector jobs to be located outside London in the next twelve years.

As the Government Estates Strategy 2018 sets out, the Government is committed to relocating public bodies and Civil Service roles out of London across the United Kingdom. To achieve this it has established the Places for Growth programme within the Cabinet Office to identify opportunities for locating roles in cities across the United Kingdom, including the devolved administrations. Location decisions will be made by departments in conjunction with the Cabinet Office.