Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay
Commons · Question 220 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 19 May 2026
Question
Asked by Mike Wood
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73331 on Home Office: Redundancy Pay, whether the £30,000 tax-free redundancy allowance also applied to the severance payment to the outgoing Cabinet
Answer
Answered by Satvir Kaur, 19 May 2026
It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individual employment matters. The guidance on tax on severance payments is here: https://www.gov.uk/termination-payments-and-tax-when-you-leave-a-job/what-you-pay-tax-and-national-insurance-on