Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97205

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 4 December 2025

Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

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

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

For the last financial year, the total cost to Defra of payments associated with settlement agreements is set out in pg. 167 of Annual Report and Accounts. Where relevant, this includes special severance payments that have associated settlement agreements...

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