Question follow-through · 76087

Government Departments: Reorganisation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an account of the total cost of the government reshuffle, listing totals for (a) redundancy payments, (b) severance payments, (c) relocation costs, and (d) administrative costs associated with

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an account of the total cost of the government reshuffle, listing totals for (a) redundancy payments, (b) severance payments, (c) relocation costs, and (d) administrative costs associated with

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Severance reformThis Government has reformed ministerial severance payments to ensure that payments are both proportionate and fair. Ministers are now expected to forgo their entitlement to a ministerial severance payment if they have served in office for...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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