Retirements and Redundancies

HC Deb 25 May 1995 vol 260 cc695-7W

Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff of(a) the Department of Social Security and (b) agencies for which the DSS is responsible (i) took early retirement, (ii) took voluntary redundancy, (iii) took compulsory redundancy and (iv)

	Retirement on medical grounds	Compulsory redundancy	Other early retirement/voluntary redundancy
	1993–94	1994–95	1993–94	1994–95	1993–94	1994–95
Department of Social Security1	472	650	64	41	352	823
Benefits Agency	395	513	0	0	207	294
Child Support Agency	13	21	0	0	6	4

year. [25138]

Mr. Hague

The information is in table.

were retired on medical grounds in (a) 1993–94 and (b) 1994–95; and what are the projected figures for 1995–96. [25420]

Mr. Hague

The information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The available information is in the table.

	Retirement on medical grounds	Compulsory redundancy	Other early retirement/voluntary redundancy
	1993–94	1994–95	1993–94	1994–95	1993–94	1994–95
Contributions Agency	37	49	0	0	67	244
Information Technology Services Agency	15	27	0	0	50	246
Resettlement Agency	2	0	64	41	15	15
War Pensions Agency	—	14	0	0	—	2
Notes:
No projections are available for 1995–96.
1 The number of retirements and redundancies in the executive agencies are included in the departmental figures.

Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the annual cost to the Department of staff leaving under redundancy/early retirement schemes to incorporate (i) added years lump sum payments, (ii) redundancy payments, (iii) pension payments including enhancements and (iv) any other special arrangements(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95, and projected for (c) 1995–96 and (d) 1996–97. [25638]

Mr. Hague

The costs to the Department of early retirement and redundancies are borne from the Department's running costs provision.

A detailed break-down of the various costs could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

The total costs borne on the Department's running costs in 1993–94 and 1994–95 were £23.975 million and £17.903 million—provisional—respectively. For 1995–96, the amount is estimated at £22.607 million. Projections for 1996–97 will be determined during the coming public expenditure survey.