§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each of the last three years the number of 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. CroslandThe information, which relates to staff in the Administration Group—Executive Officers and above—for the years 1972 to 1974, is as follows:
1972 1973 1974 (i) Inefficiency — — — (ii) Limited efficiency 2 — 9 (iii) Redundancy — — — (iv) Discipline — — —