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Government Departments: Reorganisation

Commons · Question 76087 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an account of the total cost of the government reshuffle, listing totals for (a) redundancy payments, (b) severance payments, (c) relocation costs, and (d) administrative costs associated with

Answer

Answered by Chris Ward, 21 Oct 2025

Severance reformThis Government has reformed ministerial severance payments to ensure that payments are both proportionate and fair. Ministers are now expected to forgo their entitlement to a ministerial severance payment if they have served in office for...