To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals employed by the South East strategic health authority have been made redundant since its inception; what percentage of staff this represents; and what the total cost of redundancy payments has been. (141346)

There were 241 compulsory redundancies made in South East Coast strategic health authority in the 2006-07 financial year.

This represents 0.25 per cent, of the total workforce of 97,980 in the September 2006 census.

The costs of redundancy payments have not yet been collected centrally.