Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Annual report and accounts 2025-26, HC 602, 14 September 2026, page 117, footnote 57, whether the contractual compensation of £332,897 and additional severance of £526,598, made to Chris Wormald, were subject to the £30,000 tax-free allowance.

It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individual employment matters. The guidance on tax on severance payments is here: https://www.gov.uk/termination-payments-and-tax-when-you-leave-a-job/what-you-pay-tax-and-national-insurance-on.