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Question follow-through · 129013

Permanent Secretaries: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the salary of the DHSC Permanent Secretary was approved by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
23 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the salary of the DHSC Permanent Secretary was approved by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

  2. 23 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The salary for the DHSC Permanent Secretary was approved as per the rules outlined in the senior pay guidance.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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