Government Departments: Directors
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70517 on Government Departments: Directors, which departments did the five leave from; and what was the cost to the public purse of exit packages.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
Although the directors may have left their post, they have not necessarily left their organisation, or the Civil Service.
The Government Departments were:
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Education
Department for Business and Trade
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Any cost to the public purse would not be centrally held as directors are directly employed by their department.
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