Question follow-through · 76088
Government Departments: Reorganisation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers left government employment as a result of the government reshuffle; and what was the total cost of (a) severance and (b) compensation payments to those individuals.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers left government employment as a result of the government reshuffle; and what was the total cost of (a) severance and (b) compensation payments to those individuals.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2025
Answer published
In line with the Model Contract for Special Advisers, when a special adviser’s appointing minister leaves office special advisers’ contracts are automatically terminated. The Model Contract states special adviser severance entitlement. The cost of severan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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