In the service industries one of the most notable examples of onshoring was Santander moving its call centres back from India to the UK.
And many firms, especially in financial services, have brought call centres back to America, Britain and Europe, often with the twist that to speak to someone in your own country you have to pay extra.
However, in public the department claimed the changes were introduced to cut "red tape to make it easier to get redundant buildings in our town centres back into productive use and help increase footfall on high streets".
The UK has also seen an overall trend for shoppers to move away from out-of-town shopping centres back to the High Street.
This is largely due to the quality of the structures from which the squad is being drawn - namely, an acclaimed academy in Qatar as well as training centres back home.
Mr Spin Ghar also said there were concerns about the possibility of fraud taking place when the ballot boxes were being transported from the polling centres back to Kabul.
