§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) compulsory and (b) voluntary redundancies have been made by BR in each of the last five years; and how many it expects to make in 1994–95 and 1995–96.
§ Mr. WattsThe number of redundancies made in each of the last five years was as follows:
Year Number 1989–90 1,505 1990–91 792 1991–92 670 1992–93 7,951 1993–94 7,273 All the redundancies were voluntary. Around a further 5,000 voluntary redundancies are expected by the end of 1994–95. There are no figures available for 1995–96.