Question follow-through · 119904
Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 114873 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether exit payments made to the last two Cabinet Secretaries were eligible for the £30,000 tax-free allowance.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 114873 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether exit payments made to the last two Cabinet Secretaries were eligible for the £30,000 tax-free allowance.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2026
Answer published
It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individual employment matters. The guidance on tax on severance payments is here: https://www.gov.uk/termination-payments-and-tax-when-you-leave-a-job/what-you-pay-tax-and-national-insurance-on
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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