§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many industrial and non-industrial civil servants 263W retired from the service upon reaching the age limit or voluntarily left the service during the last year; and how many were involuntarily made redundant.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe number of leavers from the nonindustrial Home Civil Service* in the year ending 31 October 1981 was as follows:
Cause of leaving Numbers Age retirement 14,676 Voluntary resignation 22,846 Voluntary early retirement† 358 Redundancy 725 Premature retirement 2,699 Dismissal 529 Other reasons 1,760 Total 43,593 * Figures for industrial staff are not held centrally.
† Under the special scheme operating in 1980/81.