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Senior Civil Servants: Resignations

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81875

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Permanent Secretaries have left their posts since July 2024; and what was the cost to the public purse of exit packages.

Answered by Anna Turley

Since July 2024, thirteen Permanent Secretaries have left their posts. Any exit package costs are published in Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts for the financial years in which they were made.

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