§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now publish the outturn figures for 1986–87 for compensation payments to National Health Service staff in respect of redundancies and early retirement 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. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 31 March 1988, c. 660]: I regret that the outturn figures supplied for "other cases" under the heading "Total cost including superannuation" were incorrect. The corrected figures are set out in the table.
The outturn figures for 1986–87 are as follows: 500W hypothetical structural gainers in 1988–89. Overall cash losers may be eligible for transitional protection under the recently announced housing benefit arrangements. Details about the methods of calculation were issued last week to supplement the freepost and freeline telephone facilities already in place.