Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay

(asked on 2nd November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing ministerial severance pay.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 8th November 2022

The entitlement to severance payments for those who cease to hold ministerial office is set out in the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. The Government has no current plans to amend the Act.

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