§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31 March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60; and in respect of how many his Department and agencies assume responsibilities for making payments until retirement age. [34787]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 8 February 2002]: The number of staff who left the service of this Department in the year ended 31 March 2001 is 318: 277 left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60: and DTLR (C) have assumed responsibility for making payments until retirement age (60) for nine ex-members of staff, who left during the financial year 2000–01.
Parallel information on the Department's executive agencies is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.