HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 c581W
Mr. Maples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 1 February 1999,Official Report, column 493, if he will break down the costs of the compensation into that paid in relation to (a) the impact on pensionable pay on retirement of the decision and (b) the loss of pensionable service. [69380]

Mr. Robin Cook

[holding answer 8 February 1999]: GCHQ officials are in contact with the Council of Civil Service Unions about the details of the compensation packages for each of the fourteen ex-GCHQ employees. GCHQ intend to finalise those packages, in consultation with the Council of Civil Service Unions, as soon as possible.