§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people in(a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) agencies for which the FCO is responsible (i) took early retirement, (ii) took voluntary redundancy, (iii) took compulsory redundancy and (iv) were retired on medical grounds in (1) 1993–94 and (2) 1994–95; and what are the projected figures for 1995–96. [25481]
§ Mr. GoodladThe information is as follows: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Early retirement Voluntary redundancy Compulsory Medical redundancy retirement 1993–94 63 30 0 13 1994–95 134 52 0 14 1995–96 69 7 140 1 1 Of these 40 redundancies it is not possible at this stage to state whether they will be voluntary or compulsory.
Overseas Development Administration and the Natural Resources Institute Early retirement Voluntary redundancy Compulsory redundancy Medical retirement 1993–94 5 0 0 5 1994–95 2 0 49 4 1995–96 3 1186 0 2 1 This includes 130 targeted voluntary redundancies from the Natural Resources Institute.