Question follow-through · 43464
Prime Minister: Information Officers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of the severance payment to the outgoing director of communications.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of the severance payment to the outgoing director of communications.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individuals. The Model Contract for Special Advisers is published online and details the circumstances in which severance is payable.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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