HC Deb 17 July 2001 vol 372 cc76-7W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many British Museum staff have been made redundant, dismissed, or taken early retirement over the past 12 months; at what costs; and with what period of notice in each case. [90]

Tessa Jowell

[holding answer 25 June 2001]: During the 12 months from 1 June 2000:

  1. a) There were no redundancies.
  2. b) One member of staff was dismissed on 5 October 2000. He was given five weeks' notice, but did not work the notice period. The total cost for five weeks' salary was £2,227.

  1. c) Six staff were retired early and two members of staff took voluntary early retirement. The costs were met from the Principal Civil Service Pension Fund, not from the Museum's budget.
  2. d) The total cost of payments made by the British Museum during the period to staff who had been given notice before 1 June 2000, including out of court settlements, is £368,021.

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