Ministry of Justice: Redundancy Pay
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones
In accordance with the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, paid Ministers below the age of 65 are entitled to a loss of office payment of one quarter of their claimed annual ministerial salary when they cease to hold office.
Departments are required to publish the detail of any ministerial severance payments made within their Annual Report and Accounts each year.
Details of such payments are published in departmental annual reports and accounts:
Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2020 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The financial accounts for 2023/24 will be released in due course.
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