§ 36. Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the cost of redundancy payments in the Civil Service during the years 1979, 1980 and 1981, respectively.
§ Mr. BrittanLump sum compensation payments made to civil servants retired prematurely on grounds of 347W redundancy or otherwise in the public interest amounted to £2.7 million in 1979 and £2.8 million in 1980. The comparable figure for 1981 is not yet available.