Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 9 September 2024.
Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much each Minister received.
Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office's (FCDO) Annual Report & Accounts. For FY 2019-20, details of payments can be found in the separate Annual Report & Accounts of the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the then Department for International Development (DfID).
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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