HC Deb 06 February 1995 vol 254 c53W
Mr. Bayley

To 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. Watts

The 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.