§ Earl Howeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many managerial staff, at each grade and for each region of the National Health Service, have been granted concessionary pension benefits arising from early retirement during the financial years 2001–02 and 2002–03 to date; and [HL158]
How many managerial employees of the National Health Service who took early retirement in the financial years 2001–02 and 2002–03 to date were aged 61–65, 56–60, 51–55, and 50 and under respectively. [HL159]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe information requested is not collected centrally. The number of early retirements, in respect of all National Health Service staff in England and Wales, in the financial years 2001–02 and up to October 2002–03, is in the table: 101WA
Number 2001–02 5,755 2002–03 2,746 Early retirements include those from age 50, on the grounds of redundancy, retirement in the interests of the efficiency of the service, agreed voluntary early retirement and ill-health retirements at any age.