HC Deb 20 December 1985 vol 89 cc429-32W
Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what advice he has given to health authorities concerning taking into account the compensation element of early retirement expenditure and the net costs of redundancy payments when assessing competitive tenders.

Mr. Hayhoe

Advice on this matter is contained in the circular on competitive tendering HC(83)18, a copy of which is in the Library. I am considering whether further advice is necessary.

Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number by authority of (a) early retirements and (b) redundancies resulting from competitive tendering; and what are the numbers by health authorities and boards in the regional control totals.

Mr. Hayhoe

Information held centrally about redundancies is limited to those aged 50 or over who also attract early payment of superannuation benefits. The information set out in the table relates to(a) those voluntarily retiring for the avoidance of their own or another's redundancy, and (b) those compulsorily redundant who are also entitled to superannuation benefits, resulting from competitive tendering. The figures are for the period 1 April 1985 to 30 November 1985 and the provisional regional control totals are for the year ending 31 March 1986. The control totals are subject to revision in January in the light of later information about redundancies.

Region and District Premature retirement Redundancy Control total
Northern
North Tees 0 1
South Cumbria 0 4
Northumberland 5 0
Newcastle 0 2
South Tyneside 4 0
9 7 230
Yorkshire
Regional Employees 0 2
East Yorkshire 5 5
Hull 0 19
Scunthorpe 5 0
York 1 4
Scarborough 5 0
Harrogate 0 8
Bradford 10 6
Calderdale 28 7
Huddersfield 0 3
Leeds Eastern 0 1
Leeds Western 0 13
54 68 260
Trent
North Derbyshire 1 2
North Lincolnshire 2 0
South Lincolnshire 0 2
Nottingham 1 0
Barnsley 0 1
4 5 270
East Anglian
Norwich 0 42
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 3 0
West Suffolk 0 8
3 50 120
North West Thames
South Bedfordshire 0 2
Hounslow and Spelthorne 0 29
Ealing 0 12
Paddington 0 42
Victoria 0 64
0 149 570
North East Thames
Regional Employees 0 2
Mid Essex 6 4
North East Essex 1 0
Southend 1 0
Waltham Forest 22 0
Tower Hamlets 1 0
31 6 260
South East Thames
South East Kent 1 0
Canterbury and Thanet 30 33
Bromley 0 25
31 58 280
South West Thames
North West Surrey 0 9
Kingston and Esher 13 0
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 0 29
Region and District Premature retirement Redundancy Control total
Merton and Sutton 0 6
Wandsworth 19 0
Chichester 0 9
Worthing 0 9
Croydon 0 2
East Surrey 5 5
37 69 400
Wessex
Regional Employees 0 1
East Dorset 0 3
Southampton and South West Hampshire 0 1
Winchester 0 1
Isle of Wight 0 1
0 7 130
Oxford
Kettering 3 0
Oxfordshire 0 36
Milton Keynes 0 2
3 38 100
South Western
North Devon 0 2
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 10 7
Bristol and Western 0 1
Frenchay 0 13
Southmead 0 2
Somerset 0 10
10 35 150
West Midlands
Dudley 0 1
Herefordshire 0 1
Bromsgrove and Redditch 1 0
North Warwickshire 0 2
South Warwickshire 7 0
Rugby 3 0
South East Staffordshire 4 3
Solihull 0 3
East Birmingham 0 15
Central Birmingham 0 1
15 26 350
Mersey
Chester 0 3
Crewe 7 0
Macclesfield 6 0
Warrington 4 1
North Sefton 0 1
South Sefton 0 2
17 7 310
North Western
Rochdale 0 1
Bury 0 3
0 4 150
Special Health Authorities
National Heart and Chest Hospital 4 0
Royal Marsden
Hospital 0 8
Region and District Premature retirement Redundancy Control total
4 8 47