§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the annual cost to the Department of staff leaving under redundancy or early retirement schemes to incorporate (i) added years lump sum payments, (ii) redundancy payments, (iii) pension payments including enhancements and (iv) any other special arrangements for(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and projected for (c) 1995–96 and (d) 1996–97. [25642]
§ Mr. DorrellThe Department of National Heritage was created in April 1992, and has two executive agencies, Historic Royal Palaces and Royal Parks, which were created in October 1991 and April 1993 respectively.
The costs to the Department of early retirement and redundancies are borne from the Department's running costs provision. A detailed breakdown of the various costs could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The total costs borne on the Department's and agencies' running costs in 1993–94 and 1994–95 are shown as actual figures. For 1995–96 the amounts are estimated. Projections for 1996–97 will be determined during the public expenditure survey.
The early retirement costs for DNH and HRPA and RPA are shown in the table:
DNH HRPA RPA 1993–94 £26,866.44 Nil Nil 1994–95 £30,029.45 Nil Nil 1995–96 £19,811.40 Nil £958.72 1996–97 — — —