Expenditure associated with VS and VR payments made by Cardiff University

Dear William Kay

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Dear William,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 12th
May 2025.

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain detail on
the cost of the Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Scheme
to Cardiff University since 4 November 2024. Please could you provide as
detailed information as possible - ideally raw data in £GBP - in response
to the questions below. If you only have capacity to address a limited
number of the questions above, please prioritise them in the following
order: 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7, 4, 8.

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain detail on
the cost of the Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Scheme
to Cardiff University since 4 November 2024. Please could you provide as
detailed information as possible - ideally raw data in £GBP - in response
to the questions below. If you only have capacity to address a limited
number of the questions above, please prioritise them in the following
order: 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7, 4, 8.

 

It should be noted that the VS Scheme opened months before the census date
requested. The whole scheme figures have been provided below for context:

The sum of all Settlements supported by the VS panel is £ £11,999,342.34

The average of all Settlements supported by the VS panel is £ £50,417.40,
the median is £44,850.00

 

Costs associated with the Voluntary Severance (VS) Scheme

1.      How much was the total expenditure associated with VS applications
that have been approved since 4 November 2024?

The sum of Settlements supported by the VS panel since 4^th November 2024
is £3,748,491.86

2.      How much was the average (mean and median) expenditure associated
with VS applications that have been approved since 4 November 2024?

The average of Settlements supported by the VS panel since 4th November
2024 is £43,587.11, the median is £32,980.67.

3.      What is the anticipated total expenditure associated with VS
applications that have not yet been approved, since 4 November 2024?

All applications have now been considered, there are no more open
applications.

4.      What is the anticipated average (mean and median) expenditure
associated with VS applications that have not yet been approved, since 4
November 2024?

All applications have now been considered, there are no more open
applications.

 

 

Costs associated with the Voluntary Redundancy (VR) Scheme

5.      How much was the total expenditure associated with VR applications
that have been approved since 11 February 2025?

The sum of Settlements supported by the VR panel since 11^th February 2025
is £7,458,243.56.

6.      How much was the average (mean and median) expenditure associated
with VR applications that have been approved since 11 February 2025?

The average of Settlements supported by the VR panel since 11th February
2025 is £67,802.21, the median is £60,753.87.

7.      What is the anticipated total expenditure associated with VR
applications that have not yet been approved, since 11 February 2025?

All applications have now been considered.

8.      What is the anticipated average (mean and median) expenditure
associated with VR applications that have not yet been approved, since 11
February 2025?

All applications have now been considered.

 

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Kind regards,

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office

Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University

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