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Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy Pay

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 March 2026UIN 121274

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Over the three years fewer than five payments have been issued and the total amount spent is under £40,000.

Given the minimal number of payments made in the timeframe, we have provided a consolidated rather than annual response to avoid employees becoming identifiable where multiple data sources could be amalgamated.

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