Angela Rayner
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the former Deputy Prime Minister has received a Ministerial severance payment.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
On 21 July 2025, this Government announced reforms to Ministerial severance pay to ensure severance payments are proportionate and fair. These changes came into effect from 13 October. Before this, decisions as to whether a Minister accepted a severance payment were for the outgoing minister, in line with the practice of previous administrations.
Details of ministerial severance payments are published in the relevant department’s annual report and accounts.
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