PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay (2 November 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in each year since 1 January 2016 to 2 November 2022.
Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Individual departments are responsible for the payment of salaries and severance payments to current and former Ministers. As such, the information requested is not held centrally.
Departments are required to publish compensation payments paid to former Ministers as part of their Annual Report & Accounts.
Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
8 November 2022
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