Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 69874

Baroness Gray of Tottenham

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2025, published on 17 July 2025, how much of severance costs in 2024-25 related to the severance pay

Answer

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
In line with the Model Contract for Special Advisers which is published online and details the circumstances in which severance is payable, Baroness Gray was not eligible for a severance payment, therefore no such payment was made.