Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 99838

Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 15 December 2025

Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95640 on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the legal basis for the previous Cabinet Secretary being given an exit payment.

Answer

Anna Turley

The Employment Rights Act 1996 defines contracts and employee rights for pay, leave, dismissal and other employment rights. The model Permanent Secretary contract mentioned in the answer of 9 December 2025, states the terms and conditions and is used for ...

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