HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 c360W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the provisions he has made in the forthcoming financial year for severance payments; and if he will list the sums and the vote and subhead from which it will come.

Mr. Norris

The size of any provision needed for severance payments for the Department and its agencies for the financial year 1994–95 is still being considered.

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by locations, agency or division the numbers of grades and costs of his staff who have been given severance pay-offs this financial year; and from which vote and subhead the money to finance such payments was made.

Mr. Norris

The severance payments made so far in this financial year for DOT(c) and its agencies are as follows:

against the problem. The problem is also one of concern to other regulatory and enforcement authorities. Enforcement resources are therefore being co-ordinated and directed against it with some success through the work of the Department's illegal operations working group. The working group was formed in response to concerns expressed by the traffic commissioners about unlicensed operators and in particular a concern about drivers and operators who continue to operate having had their licences revoked.