Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 April 2002. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 April 2002 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31st March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Chope: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff left the service of his Department and its agencies in the year ended 31 March 2001; how many left before attaining the formal retirement age of 60 years; and in respect of how many his Department and its agencies assumed responsibilities for making payments until retirement age. [37552] Ruth Kelly: The information is as follows: Number of leavers in the year ended 31 March 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department/Agency Total number of leavers Before retirement age Early retirement HM Treasury 126 117 10 Inland Revenue 3,451 2,965 46 Customs and Excise 1,081 858 168 Office of Government Commerce/ 73 64 7 Buying Agency Debt Management Office 3 3 0 National Savings 21 20 6 Office for National Statistics 520 493 0 Royal Mint 39 39 2 Valuation Office 272 36 20 Government Actuary's Department 9 8 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 37552; 383 c243-4W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Executive agencies Civil servants Government departments Early retirement Staff Treasury Resignations
Contains statistics: Yes
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