Question follow-through · 122462

Attorney General's Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Solicitor General, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.

answeredAttorney General

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
20 Mar 2026
Target answer date
24 Mar 2026
Answer
24 Mar 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.

  2. 24 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The total value of severance payments is set out in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available for the last three years.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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