Ministerial Correction

Thursday 24th October 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Thursday 24 October 2013

Redundancy

Thursday 24th October 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait Jackie Doyle-Price
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in his Department were made redundant in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how many such staff received payments in lieu of notice.

[Official Report, 14 October 2013, Vol. 568, c. 546-47W.]

Letter of correction from Hugh Robertson:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price) on 14 October 2013.

The full answer given was as follows:

Hugh Robertson Portrait Hugh Robertson
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In 2010-11, 131 staff left the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), at a cost of £15.3 million. 118 of these left under old exit schemes.

In 2011-12, 89 staff left the FCO, at a cost of £5.3 million.

In 2012-13, 55 staff left the FCO, at a cost of £4 million.

The correct answer should have been:

Hugh Robertson Portrait Hugh Robertson
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office made one member of staff redundant on compulsory terms in financial year 2011-12 (who received a compensation period in lieu of notice); there were no compulsory redundancies in 2010-11 or 2012-13, however, the Office has run several voluntary exit schemes over this period and the details of these are:

In 2010-11, 131 staff left the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), at a cost of £15.3 million. 118 of these left under old exit schemes.

In 2011-12, 89 staff left the FCO, at a cost of £5.3 million.

In 2012-13, 55 staff left the FCO, at a cost of £4 million.