Asked by: Lewis Cocking (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2025, published on 17 July 2025, how much was Sue Gray’s salary.
Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare
The Annual Report for Special Advisers releases salary information for individuals in post as at 31 March 2025. We do not release salary details outside of this publication.
Asked by: Lewis Cocking (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2025, published on 17 July 2025, how much of severance costs in 2024-25 related to the severance payment made to Sue Gray.
Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare
In line with the Model Contract for Special Advisers which is published online and details the circumstances in which severance is payable, Baroness Gray was not eligible for a severance payment, therefore no such payment was made.
Asked by: Lewis Cocking (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the annual cost to the public purse for promoting diversity, equality and inclusion policies within the civil service.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Costs for equality, diversity and inclusion in the Civil Service have recently been published on Gov.uk. See the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Review and Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.