Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries have left the Civil Service through mutually agreed exits since 4 July 2024.

No Cabinet Secretaries or Permanent Secretaries have left through ‘mutually agreed exits’.

A mutually agreed exit is defined as a form of negotiated exit under the terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS).

Details of any payments made to permanent secretaries are published in their relevant Department Annual Report and Accounts.