As provided in the answer given by the then Financial Secretary (John Healey) on 2 March 2007, Official Report, column 1574W, the costs of early severance and early retirement for the Department during the financial years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 are as follows.
£000 2003-04 2,926 2004-05 2,178 2005-06 973
Costs for the financial year 2005-06 have been restated to take account of programme early retirement costs, previously omitted in error. Reapportioned costs for 12-month periods, with a 30 June year-end, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.