Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated to support former senior government ministers for their continued public activities excluding security costs in the last 10 years.
A copy of the policy and guidance on the Public Duties Cost Allowance is in the Library of the House.
Current recipients of the allowance are published in the Cabinet Office Annual Reports and Accounts, available to the public on GOV.UK. The Public Duties Cost Allowance rate is currently set at a limit of £115,000 per annum.