Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs-october-2013