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Permanent Secretaries: Pay

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 71214

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65151 on Permanent Secretaries: Pay, which two Permanent Secretary roles were approved; and what the salaries were.

Answered by James Murray

Since July 2024, HM Treasury and Cabinet Office have approved two Permanent Secretary roles to exceed the Permanent Secretary pay band; one in each the Department of Health and Social Care and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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