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Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 April 2026UIN 116166

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Civil Service Compensation Scheme severance payments to departing Cabinet Secretaries are pensionable.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

The terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) are the same for all employees regardless of grade. Compensation payments made under the CSCS are non pensionable.

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