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Senior Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 113781

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a desk note on exit payments to (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) Permanent Secretaries.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Thank you for your question, I refer to the terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), a statutory Scheme for all civil servants, including the SCS and Permanent Secretaries, which allows the payment of compensation to members who leave on early departure terms.

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