Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 6 July 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) other staff employed by his Department have received redundancy payments in each of the last five years.
The number of UK Regular Forces and civilian staff employed by the Ministry of Defence who received a redundancy payment over the last five financial years is as follows:
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | |
UK Regular Forces | 0 | 1,700 | 3,470 | 4,280 | 1,350 |
Civilian Staff | 240 | 6,000 | 3,320 | 1,010 | 880 |
All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. UK Regular Forces comprises all full-time Armed Forces personnel excluding Gurkhas, full-time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists. Civilian figures include staff who were made redundant and those who left the Department under the terms of the Voluntary Early Release Scheme and received a compensation payment.
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