Question follow-through · 15695

Civil Servants: Ex Gratia Payments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employee settlement agreements there were within the civil service in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements was.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
22 Nov 2024
Target answer date
29 Nov 2024
Answer
29 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employee settlement agreements there were within the civil service in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements was.

  2. 29 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Full information on the use of settlement agreements is held by individual departments.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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