§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [25665]
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe cost to the Department, including its agencies, of early retirements and684W 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 running costs in 1993–94 and 1994–95 were £7 million and £9 million respectively. For 1995–96, the total amount is estimated at £7 million. Projections for 1996–97 will be determined during the coming public expenditure survey.