§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total of NHS staff(a) retiring on pension and (b) taking early retirements on pension for each of the last 10 years; and what was the annual cost of early retirements in each of the last 10 years. [22739]
§ Mr. Sackville[pursuant to his reply, 11 May, c. 569–70]: I regret that the information provided in the previous reply was incorrect. I have asked the chief executive of the NHS Pensions Agency, Mr. A. F. Cowan, to send the hon. Member a revised answer.
155WLetter from A. F. Cowan to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 13 October 1995:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the total of NHS staff (a) retiring on pension and (b) taking early retirements on pension for each of the last 10 years; and what was the annual cost of early retirements in each of the last 10 years.I regret that the information previously provided was incorrect.
Age retirements over the last 4 years
- 1991–92: 11,734
- 1992–93: 12,774
- 1993–94: 11,666
- 1994–95: 11,364
Ill-health retirements over the last 4 years
- 1991–92: 7,323
- 1992–93: 8,327
- 1993–94: 9,520
- 1994–95: 9,030
Early retirements over the last 4 years
- 1991–92: 2,818
- 1992–93: 3,313
- 1993–94: 5,837
- 1994–95: 5,732
Full cost of early retirements for the Scheme, excluding ill-health retirements in each of the following financial years is:
- 1992–93: £137.291m
- 1993–94: £158.827m
- 1994–95: £211.383m