Redundancy and Retraining Costs

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 16 November 2010.

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Photo of Diana R. Johnson Diana R. Johnson Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 2:30, 16 November 2010

In the police service alone, major job losses are already being announced, such as in the west midlands, Greater Manchester and Lincolnshire, so not only will there be up-front redundancy costs, but there will be the loss of skills and experience. Does the Chief Secretary agree that the cost of redundancies could be as high as £8 billion?