§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage pursuant to his answer of 2 May,Official Report, column 169, if he will provide comparable details on civil service early retirement packages on grounds of inefficiency. [29287]
§ Mr. DorrellInefficiency is a ground for dismissal. An immediate lump sum payment of up to two years salary may be made where a Department judges payment of compensation to be appropriate. Where compensation is agreed and the person dismissed is over 55, this may be forgone in favour of immediate payment of the accrued 47W superannuation benefits which would otherwise be preserved for payment at retiring age. There have been no departures on inefficiency grounds from the Departments of National Heritage since its creation in April 1992.