HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 cc863-4W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff left the service of her Department and its agencies in the year ended 31 March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many her Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age. [37544]

Ms Hewitt

912 staff left the Department and its Agencies in the year ended 31 March 2001. 804 staff left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years and the Department and its Agencies assumed responsibility for making payments until retirement age for 25 staff.

This answer covers DTI headquarters and the Insolvency Service Agency, the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, Employment Tribunal Service,

Year 2000 Year 2001
Colliery Total Aid (£) £/tce1.2 Total Aid (£) £/tce1.2
Anthracite Mining Ltd. (Aberpergwm Colliery) 0 1,031,000 15.4
Betws Anthracite Ltd. (Betws Colliery) 870,200 41.4 1,966,000 51.7
Blenkinsopp Colliery Ltd. (Blenkinsopp Colliery) 470,500 3.7 1,168,000 7.2
Celtic Energy Ltd. (East Pit Extension) 2,977,500 24.8 0
Coalpower Ltd. (Hatfield Colliery) 0 951,750
Ffynonau Duon Mines Ltd. (Blaentillery N#2) 112,800 10.6 217,000 19.2
Hatfield Coal Company Ltd. (Hatfield Colliery) 3,931,900 19.4 2,855,250 7.7
HJ Banks (Central Mines) 661,100 3.4 0
HJ Banks (North East Mines) 703,200 5 0
J Flack and Sons (Hay Royds Colliery) 78,900 4 264,000 8
Mining (Scotland) Ltd. (Longannet Mine) 19,652,800 50.9 21,525,000 23.4
Moorside Mining Ltd. (Eckington Colliery) 88,200 5.04 286,000 10.25
Tower Colliery Ltd. (Tower Colliery) 3,317,200 8.3 0
UK Coal (Rossington Colliery) 3,207,200 8.44 0
UK Coal Plc. (Harworth Colliery) 14,722,100 27.7 0
UK Coal Plc. (Maltby Colliery) 13,559,700 21.7 0
UK Coal Plc. (Selby Complex) 23,186,500 8.4 20,324,500 5.1
1 For the purpose of this table, one tce (tonnes of coal equivalent)= 29.302GJ
2 In 1999 prices

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