Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was to the public purse of severance payments to Ministers who left the Government between 5 and 7 September 2022.

The provision of severance payments for Ministers is set out in legislation. Ministers who qualify will be entitled to a severance payment three weeks after they leave office, provided they are not re-appointed to government during that period.

The cost of severance payments to Ministers will be published in each department’s annual report and accounts in due course.