Question follow-through · 7317
Permanent Secretaries: Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129013 on Permanent Secretaries: Pay, what the business case was for paying a Permanent Secretary a salary of £310,000 to £314,999 a year.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129013 on Permanent Secretaries: Pay, what the business case was for paying a Permanent Secretary a salary of £310,000 to £314,999 a year.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The salary of the DHSC Permanent Secretary was approved in line with the senior pay control process.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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