Question follow-through · 104805
Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 December 2025 to Question 99838 on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the (a) policy basis and (b) business case for the previous Cabinet Secretary being given an exit p
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 December 2025 to Question 99838 on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the (a) policy basis and (b) business case for the previous Cabinet Secretary being given an exit p
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The severance payment was made in accordance with paragraph 18.1 in the Permanent Secretary model contract. The business case was made on the basis that the Cabinet Secretary departed the Civil Service, and it was calculated on the basis of the Civil Serv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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