Request:-
“Please detail how many council employees were made redundant (to include both compulsory and voluntary redundancies) during the following periods:
By tax year
April 2011 – April 2012
April 2012 – April 2013
April 2013 – April 2014
April 2014 – April 2015
April 2015 – April 2016
April 2016 – April 2017
April 2017 – to date
Also, please detail how much the council spent on redundancy pay (i.e. gross payments made to those made redundant) during the periods:
By tax year
April 2011 – April 2012
April 2012 – April 2013
April 2013 – April 2014
April 2014 – April 2015
April 2015 – April 2016
April 2016 – April 2017
April 2017 – to date”
Response:-
Figures provided in the below table:-
| Year | Redundancies | Cost |
| 2011-12 | 344 | £ 4,963,858 |
| 2012-13 | 115 | £ 2,056,995 |
| 2013-14 | 46 | £ 760,400 |
| 2014-15 | 568 | £ 5,373,188 |
| 2015-16 | 430 | £ 4,583,694 |
| 2016-17 | 95 | £ 1,372,091 |
| 2017-18 | 44 | £ 431,507 |