§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age. [37557]
§ Mr. LeslieFigures for(a) and (b) are in the table, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.
The figures show the number of permanent staff in each Department reported to the Mandate database from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001.
They are also based on the Departments as they were before structural changes were made after the election in 2001.
1074WFor part (c) in the year ended 31 March 2001 the Cabinet Office and its agencies assumed responsibility for making payments until retirement age (60) for 13 of these staff.