HC Deb 07 June 1995 vol 261 cc235-6W
Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the annual cost to his Department of staff leaving under redundancy/early retirement schemes to incorporate(a) added years lump sum payments, (b) redundancy payments, (c) pension payments, including enhancements and(d) any other special arrangements for (i) 1993–94, (ii) 1994–95, (iii) projected for 1995–96 and (iv) projected for 1996–97. [25666]

Mr. Norris

The detailed breakdown of the various costs could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff of(a) his Department and (b) agencies for which his Department 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. [25499]

Mr. Norris

The figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95 in the following table, are taken from the Department's personnel computer system. The figures for 1995–96 are our latest projections.

Central Transport Group Agencies
1993–94
Early retirement 31 32
Voluntary redundancy 3 93
Compulsory redundancy 0 0
Medical retirement 36 95
1994–95
Early retirement 29 222
Voluntary redundancy 11 181
Compulsory redundancy 1 32
Medical retirement 20 103
1995–96
Early retirement 320 10
Voluntary redundancy 2 5601
Compulsory redundancy 0 56
Medical retirement2 1 20
1 Some of these staff may go under early retirement.
2 These are actuals—it is not possible to forecast medical retirements.