HC Deb 20 January 1999 vol 323 cc489-90W
27. Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will make a statement on the redundancy terms being offered to prison officers. [64881]

Mr. Ingram

The terms being offered to prison officers include all benefits payable under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (NI) but in addition, and to recognise long service in the Northern Ireland Prison Service, there is an enhancement equivalent to 1 month's salary for each year of NIPS service up to a maximum of 24 months.