Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on redundancy schemes in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
Mr Philip Dunne, Minister of State for Defence Procurement: The table below shows the annual costs for military and civilian Voluntary Early Release Scheme and redundancy payments for the last five financial years.
| Financial Year | MOD Annual Report and Accounts Figures (£million) |
| 2010-11 | £189.22 |
| 2011-12 | £293.79 |
| 2012-13 | £180.82 |
| 2013-14 | £218.72 |
| 2014-15 | £141.68 |
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