Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 116166

Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 26 February 2026

Answered: 9 April 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Civil Service Compensation Scheme severance payments to departing Cabinet Secretaries are pensionable.

Answer

Satvir Kaur

The terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) are the same for all employees regardless of grade. Compensation payments made under the CSCS are non pensionable.