Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent across Government on redundancies and severance payments for each of the last five years for which data is available.

While the Cabinet Office holds data on the cost of redundancy payments paid out by departments over the last five years under the terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), it does not hold data on any severance payments made that fall outside of this remit, including special severance payments. Only departments themselves will hold the complete set of information requested.