Question follow-through · 78664

Angela Rayner

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the former Deputy Prime Minister has received a Ministerial severance payment.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
14 Oct 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the former Deputy Prime Minister has received a Ministerial severance payment.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    On 21 July 2025, this Government announced reforms to Ministerial severance pay to ensure severance payments are proportionate and fair. These changes came into effect from 13 October. Before this, decisions as to whether a Minister accepted a severance p...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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