Happy to be corrected here, but is the view of the DWP, not that a company cannot make 1 group of (expensive?)employees redundant whilst recruiting into the same role at a cheaper rate?
secondly, BA recently issued an HR1 form to the DWP stating a possible intention to make 80 employees redundant within the band 2/3 grades. Nothing was mentioned for any other grade.
I hope people do not have their hat hanging on the 'pay me and I'll leave' hook.