§ 35. Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service what will be the cost to the Exchequer of redundancy payments and early retirement pensions payments of cuts proposed for the Civil Service in 1977–78.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe reductions in forecast numbers resulting from the planned savings in expenditure on Civil Service manpower and related expenditure are unlikely to result in a general redundancy problem. Nevertheless, it is possible that there may be difficulties in a few locations or areas of work. My officials are in touch with the other Departments making reductions, with a view to establishing whether any problem that cannot be dealt with by inter-departmental transfers will arise. Until this work is completed it is not possible to estimate the likely cost, if any, of redundancy payments, etc.