Public Duty Costs Allowance
Lords · Question HL9190 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Rennard
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that claims by former Prime Ministers and Deputy Prime Minister through the Public Duty Costs Allowance are not used to fund income-generating projects.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 17 Jul 2025
The Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) was introduced to assist former Prime Ministers still active in public life. Payments are made only to meet the actual cost of continuing to fulfil public duties. The PDCA was exceptionally extended to the former Dep...