Found: Q320 Aphra Brandreth: I wanted to ask about the fact that back in September 2024, Lord Case—Simon Case—had

Found: supported but which was the work of the Sunak Government, essentially in the context in which—Lord Case

Found: Q320 Aphra Brandreth: I wanted to ask about the fact that back in September 2024, Lord Case—Simon Case—had

Found: The Lord Case, the former Cabinet Secretary.

Found: Q600 Dan Carden: If we go back again, the Cabinet Secretary at the time, Lord Case, advised the Prime

Found: Q600 Dan Carden: If we go back again, the Cabinet Secretary at the time, Lord Case, advised the Prime

Found: I know that Lord Case is doing some good work on trying to regenerate Barrow.

Found: Lord Case: Great question.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the exit payment given to Chris Wormald was above the cap of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme used to determine the exit payment to Simon Case.

Answered by Satvir Kaur - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Details of payments made to the former Cabinet Secretary will be published in the Annual Report and Accounts for Cabinet Office for the financial year in which the payment was made.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Simon Case and Alex Chisholm were given differing exit payments.

Answered by Satvir Kaur - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer to my answer to 108238, as set out in the Cabinet Office accounts (page 86), the payment for the former Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, was a severance payment, with the value calculated using the Civil Service Compensation Scheme tariff.

In answer to the second part of your question, I refer to my answer to 112182. The Business Appointment Rules for Crown Servants set out that Permanent Secretaries are required to observe a three month waiting period, and the Rules set out that it may be appropriate to pay former civil servants who are required to observe a waiting period before taking up an external role.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government why the severance payment to the former Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald required a Ministerial Direction but the severance payment to his predecessor Lord Case did not; and whether this was due to the amount paid.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Details of any payments made to the previous Cabinet Secretary will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual report and Accounts for 2025-26.

The necessary approvals were given for payments made to Sir Chris Wormald and Lord Case, as set out in the Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 88283 on Simon Case, what his remuneration is; and whether it includes pension contributions.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

Lord Simon Case was directly appointed Chair of the Barrow Delivery Board by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in February 2025.

In line with Cabinet Office guidance around direct ministerial appointments, published in October 2025, Lord Case is renumerated at a daily rate of £725.00 with a time commitment of 3 to 4 days per month. Renumeration does not include pension contributions.

Found: Lord Case left his role as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service in December 2024.

Found: Lord Case sought advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (the Committee) under the