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Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 95640

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on severance payments to outgoing Cabinet Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries not provided for in the model contract.

Answered by Anna Turley

The Permanent Secretary model contract sets out the contractual detail on compensation payments for all Permanent Secretaries. This applies to the Cabinet Secretary and there is no separate internal guidance. A copy of the model contract has been placed in the House Library.

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