§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the costs incurred by his Department as a result of redundancies in each of the three services in each of the past six years. [11456]
§ Mr. SoamesThe "Options for Change" redundancy programme began in financial year 1992–93. In that year redundancy payments of £232 million were made. In 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 the payments totalled £509 million, £453 million and £187 million respectively.
These costs are split between the three services as follows:
£ million 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 11996–97 RN 12 95 75 28 41 Army 209 328 281 16 5 RAF 11 86 97 143 138 Total 232 509 453 187 184 1Estimate. The payments include special capital payments, early payment of terminal grants, commuted pension payments and the first year's payment of immediate pensions.
The figures for 1996–97 are an estimate as the RAF redundancy programme will not be completed until the end of the year.
§ Dr. ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the costs of recruitment in each of the services in each of the past six years. [11457]
§ Mr. SoamesThe costs of recruitment in each of the services for each of the last six years is as shown. Total army recruitment costs for the first year are not available as they cannot be identified separately.
£ million Year RN Army RAF 1990–91 23.48 n/a 26.33 1991–92 26.83 42.20 27.98 1992–93 19.00 42.60 27.45 1993–94 21.10 48.61 27.60 1994–95 19.50 45.91 27.87 1995–96 21.88 56.20 26.88