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Home Office: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 121273

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not publish details of spending on special severance payments separately.

The Home Office does publish overall special payments spending and details of this for the previous three financial years can be found through the links below.

Pages 190-191 (pages 198-199 on the reader)

Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2024 to 2025

Pages 190-191 (pages 194-195 on the reader)

Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024

Pages195-196

Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023

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