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Government Departments: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 16 March 2026UIN 119612

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments: Use of Special Severance Payments, November 2025, whether payments made under the £150 million government employee exit scheme fund will be reportable u

Answered by James Murray

Where payments made from the fund meet the criteria of special severance payments, the associated reporting requirements will apply.

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