Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in each year since 1 January 2016 to 2 November 2022.

Individual departments are responsible for the payment of salaries and severance payments to current and former Ministers. As such, the information requested is not held centrally.

Departments are required to publish compensation payments paid to former Ministers as part of their Annual Report & Accounts.