§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each of the last three years the number of civilian civil servants in his Department who have been prematurely retired on grounds of (i) inefficiency, (ii) limited efficiency, (iii) redundancy and (iv) discipline, showing executive and administrative grades separately.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe information which relates to staff in the Administrative Group—executive officer and above—is as follows:
1973 1974 1975 1. Inefficiency Nil Nil Nil 2. Limited Efficiency 1 3 1 3. Redundancy 6 15 4 4. Discipline Nil Nil Nil