§ Mr. HansonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what factors are taken into account by his Department in relation to the setting of redundancy payments made to civil servants; and if he will make it his policy to offer the same terms to local government staff.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe financial terms for civil servants in the event of redundancy are set out in the civil service compensation scheme. This scheme, which applies throughout the civil service, was laid before Parliament on 20 December 1994 by Her Majesty's Treasury.
The Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) Regulations 1994 set out the redundancy terms for local government staff, which are not the same as those which apply to civil servants. The regulations were approved by a resolution of the House on 24 January 1995. The Government have no plans to amend them.
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School meals service, by LEA area 1993–94 Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales Primary schools: Number of pupils taking free midday meals1 6,570 6,201 10,744 4,111 15,726 1,212 10,125 8,173 62,862 Number of pupils entitled to free meals2 7,540 6,972 12,910 4,535 18,078 1,334 10,964 9,342 71,675 Secondary schools: Number of pupils taking free midday meals1 2,862 2,875 4,378 1,736 6,612 405 3,762 3,789 26,419 Number of pupils entitled to free meals2 3,815 3,906 6,249 2,379 9,398 486 5,290 5,003 36,526 1 Pupils taking free midday meals on 18 January 1994. 2 Pupils on roll on 18 January 1994 who were registered as being entitled to free meals. Pupils entitled to free meals but absent from school on 18 January are included.