Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 21 May 2026.
Alex Burghart
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a severance payment has been approved for Oliver Robbins.
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Based on the long-standing practices in place under successive governments, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office does not routinely comment on the individual terms and conditions of employment, or other personnel matters, relating to individual civil servants.
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