Question follow-through · 220
Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73331 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether the £30,000 tax-free redundancy allowance also applied to the severance payment to the outgoing Cabinet
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73331 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether the £30,000 tax-free redundancy allowance also applied to the severance payment to the outgoing Cabinet
19 May 2026
Target answer date
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19 May 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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