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Departmental Redundancy

Volume 486: debated on Tuesday 20 January 2009

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Justine Greening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since 2005-06 received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. (242254)

Mr. Bradshaw

Information on the size of severance packages given to staff leaving the Department under involuntary and voluntary exit schemes in each year since 2005-06 are presented in the following table:

2005-062006-07200 -08

£

Involuntary

Voluntary

Involuntary

Voluntary

Involuntary

Voluntary

0-25,000

0

2

1

16

6

13

25,001-50,000

1

2

1

2

1

16

50,001-75,000

1

4

1

2

0

7

75,001-100,000

0

2

0

2

0

5

Over 100,000

6

15

5

9

3

25

Total

8

25

8

31

10

66