HC Deb 11 March 2004 vol 418 cc1695-6W
Mr. Norman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 12 February 2004,Official Report, column 1699W, on the Restructuring and Change programme, how many of the 1.400 staff will (a) be made redundant, (b) retire and (c) be lost due to natural wastage. [158129]

Ms Rosie Winterton

[holding answer 2 March 2004]: The number of staff who will be made redundant is not yet known. It will be determined by the levels of natural wastage, the take-up of any voluntary early severance/ retirement scheme and the extent to which it is possible to re-deploy staff in the civil service.

Mr. Norman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answers of 12 February 2004,Official Report, column 1699W, and 23 February 2004, Official Report, column 297W, on the restructuring and change programme, how many of the 1,400 staff will be redeployed or transferred to departmental arm's length bodies or agencies. [158205]

Ms Rosie Winterton

We estimate that 415 posts will transfer to the departmental arm's length bodies.