Question follow-through · 3034
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2024 · 19 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2024
Answer published
The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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