HC Deb 27 January 1997 vol 289 c31W
Dr. David Clark

To 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 last six years. [11456]

Mr. Soames

[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1997, c. 553]: I regret that the estimate given for 1996–97 was incomplete. A table with the correct figures is provided:

£ million
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–971
RN 12 95 75 28 90
ARMY 209 328 281 16 16
RAF 11 86 97 143 275
Total 232 509 453 187 381
1 Estimate.

These payments include special capital payments, and 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.