HC Deb 24 May 2004 vol 421 c1433W
Bob Spink

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many employees in his Department took early retirement in the last financial year; and at what total cost. [171744]

Yvette Cooper

The number of employees who took early retirement from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, its agencies and the Government office network in the last financial year was 16, at a cost of £2.8 million.