HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc874-5W
Mr. Russell Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent in each year since 1997 on redundancy payments for(a) administrative staff and (b) industrial staff. [164217]

Mr. Caplin

Information on redundancy payments for administrative and industrial staff are not held separately The Department does not hold records centrally for redundancy payments and the information will need to be collated. I will therefore write to the hon. Member when the information is available and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.