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Permanent Secretaries: Pay

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 June 2026UIN 7317

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129013 on Permanent Secretaries: Pay, what the business case was for paying a Permanent Secretary a salary of £310,000 to £314,999 a year.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

The salary of the DHSC Permanent Secretary was approved in line with the senior pay control process.

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