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Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 20 May 2025UIN 51968

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48962 on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, for what reason he decided to close the consultation to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme; when the decision was made; and whether he plans to publish a formal response to the consultation.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The consultation began in 2017. As the previous administration did not manage to make progress on this after 7 years of an open consultation, a decision was taken in March 2025 to close the consultation to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme on the basis that the process was no longer viable. We will continue to monitor the impact of the existing scheme terms and cost impacts.

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