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Written Question
Government Departments: Redundancy Pay
Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the redundancy packages required for the creation of the new Government.

Answered by Oliver Dowden

This information is not held centrally.


Section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 sets out Ministers’ entitlement to severance payments. Payments to individuals are processed by the relevant departments. Any such payments are published in each department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts can be found on GOV.UK.

When their appointing Minister leaves office, special advisers are entitled to a severance payment, to be paid in accordance with the terms set out in the Model Contract for Special Advisers, which can be found on GOV.UK. The cost of special advisers is published and laid before Parliament on an annual basis and is available on GOV.UK.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Jul 2019
Priorities for Government

"The Prime Minister has repeated that this United Kingdom will leave the European Union by 31 October with or without a deal. Will he tell the House what range of figures he is working to, as to the impact on GDP of any outcome?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Union. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"If the Secretary of State were to abide by his promises, it would be his last day in office, so I wish him well and thank him for his unstinting courtesy in that role. The new Prime Minister’s election yesterday means that the Scottish Conservative and Unionist party is now …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
20 Years of Devolution

"Before the Minister moves on from Scotland, will he give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
20 Years of Devolution

"Some 63% of Conservative party members have said that they think leaving the EU is much more important than keeping the Union together. What does the Minister think?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
20 Years of Devolution

"I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), the Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee, for bringing forward this debate. It is right for us to celebrate 20 years of devolution. Back in 1997, the Scotland Bill was the first Bill that the new …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
20 Years of Devolution

"The hon. Gentleman is right, because where devolution goes next is not really a problem for Scotland; it is a problem for England. That is why when we are looking at devolution and where it goes next, we have to look at what England does. We cannot look at this …..."
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Written Question
Intelligence Services: Detainees
Thursday 20th June 2019

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including in the Consolidated Guidance on rendition and torture the removal of persons to other countries without judicial supervision for purposes such as interrogation or detention.

Answered by David Lidington

Sir Adrian Fulford, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, has submitted a proposed
revised version of the Consolidated Guidance to the Government for consideration

The Government is looking carefully at his proposals and will respond in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jun 2019
EU Parliament Elections: Denial of Votes

"Dozens and dozens of my EU national voters were disenfranchised at this election. Given that the election has now gone, would it not be prudent for the Government to re-enfranchise them by holding a public vote on how we leave the European Union, allowing people who live, work and pay …..."
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