Departments: Redundancy

Justine Greening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in her Department who participated in (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 1997-98 were paid between (i) £0 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 she will make a statement.

Ms Rosie Winterton
For the period prior to the financial year 2005-06, data could be established only at disproportionate cost. A breakdown of sums paid in financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07, specific to the Department, is given in the following tables.

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|                 |Compulsory|Voluntary|
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|£0-£25,000       |1         |16       |
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|£25,001-£50,000  |1         |2        |
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|£50,001-£75,000  |1         |2        |
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|£75,001-£100,000 |0         |2        |
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|£100,001 and over|5         |9        |
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|Total number     |8         |31       |
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|                 |Compulsory|Voluntary|
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|£0-£25,000       |0         |2        |
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|£25,001-£50,000  |1         |2        |
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|£50,001-£75,000  |1         |4        |
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|£75,001-£100,000 |0         |2        |
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|£100,001 and over|6         |15       |
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|Total number     |8         |25       |
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