Question follow-through · 27590

Attorney General: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Hermer accepted a ministerial severance payment upon leaving office as Attorney General.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
10 Sept 2026
Answer
15 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Hermer accepted a ministerial severance payment upon leaving office as Attorney General.

  2. 10 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Details of ministerial severance payments are published in the relevant department’s annual report and accounts.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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