Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

The Government publishes annual statements on special adviser numbers and paybill costs, including severance pay. Information for each financial year going back to 2010/11 is available at the following links: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs-october-2013