Question follow-through · 123562
Department for Work and Pensions: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total value of non-contractual severance payments across the department in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total value of non-contractual severance payments across the department in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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