§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, following the 1982 National Health Service reorganisation, (a) how many retired staff were subsequently reappointed, (b) how many of these were subsequently dismissed, (c) how many of these took their cases to the industrial tribunal and were found to have been unfairly dismissed and (d) what is the total amount that has been paid out in compensation as a result.
§ Mr. WhitneyOf the 147 National Health Service staff who took early retirement following the 1982 re-organisation and who were subsequently re-employed by health authorities, 35 were dismissed. Seven of these officers made claims for unfair dismissal: two were settled out of court and in the other five industrial tribunals upheld the claims. I understand that total compensation paid out was about £43,000.