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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy Pay

Commons · Question 20593 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, HC521, of 16 July 2026, page 138, how many of the special severance payments were on matters separate to the wider res

Answer

Answered by Uma Kumaran, 17 Sep 2026

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 recorded 29 special severance payments. None of these payments related to the wider restructuring of the department.