§ Mr. John Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now publish the outturn figures for 1985–86 for compensation payments to National Health Service staff in respect of redundancies and early retirements in the manner described in the Government's reply to the first report from the Social Services Committee of Session 1984–85, breaking down the figures to distinguish between competitive tendering and other cases.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe outturn figures for 1985–86 are as follows:
Number of cases Compensation cost Total cost including superannuation £ £ Competitive tendering New cases 1,179 2,133,000 4,766,000 Continuing cases 300 195,000 391,000 Other cases New cases 963 2,889,000 10,444,000 Continuing cases 6,847 11,000,000 30,071,000