Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 96809

Department for Business and Trade: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total cost was of (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff in the last year.

Answer

Kate Dearden
For the last financial year, the total cost to the Department of Business and Trade of payments associated with settlement agreements is set out in Annual Report and Accounts. Where relevant, this includes special severance payments that have associated s...

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