Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Ministers will be entitled to severance pay since 6 June 2022.

Under the provisions of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, a former eligible minister only becomes entitled to a severance payment in the event that they are not appointed to another relevant office within three weeks of stepping down. Currently, no minister who has left office since 6 June 2022 is entitled to a severance payment.