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Wales Office: Redundancy Pay

Commons · Question 3048 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Wales Office · Official record

Answered 6 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Wera Hobhouse

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

Answer

Answered by Dame Nia Griffith, 6 Sep 2024

In accordance with the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, paid Ministers below the age of 65 are entitled to a loss of office payment of one quarter of their claimed annual ministerial salary when they cease to hold office.Details of mi...