Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 3030

Department for Business and Trade: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister receive

Answer

Justin Madders

Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers who leave office are entitled to a one-off payment equivalent to one quarter of their annual salary at the point at which they leave Government. Details of such payments ar...

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