Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants received exit payments in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018; and what the (i) average and (ii) highest payment was in each of those years.

Details of high-value exit payments in the Civil Service, including number, type, compensation levels, and cost of exits, are published each year in Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts.