§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 May,Official Report, column 232, if he will provide comparable details on civil service early retirement packages on grounds of efficiency. [29281]
Mr. John M. Taylor[holding answer 19 June 1995]: Inefficiency is a ground for dismissal. An immediate lump sum payment of up to two years' salary may be made where a Department judges payment of compensation to be appropriate. Where compensation is agreed and the person dismissed is over age 55, this may be forgone in favour of immediate payment of the accrued superannuation benefits which would otherwise be preserved for payment at retiring age. There have been 11 departures on inefficiency grounds in the past five financial years. Details are as follows:
£ Immediate lump sum compensation Annual pension from age 60 (rate per annum) Superannuation lump sum payable at age 60 1990–91 14,088.18 2,437.65 7,344.57 1991–92 — — — 1992–93 9,207.96 1,969.84 5,926.71 1993–94 2,682.34 771.39 2,314.71 1994–95 104,846.97 19,629.52 59,060.55