Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 104805

Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 December 2025 to Question 99838 on Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay, what was the (a) policy basis and (b) business case for the previous Cabinet Secretary being given an exit p

Answer

Anna Turley
The severance payment was made in accordance with paragraph 18.1 in the Permanent Secretary model contract. The business case was made on the basis that the Cabinet Secretary departed the Civil Service, and it was calculated on the basis of the Civil Serv...
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