Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70517 on Government Departments: Directors, which departments did the five leave from; and what was the cost to the public purse of exit packages.

Although the directors may have left their post, they have not necessarily left their organisation, or the Civil Service.

The Government Departments were:

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

• Department for Education

• Department for Business and Trade

• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Any cost to the public purse would not be centrally held as directors are directly employed by their department.