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1715633

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses were received to the consultation entitled Public Sector Exit Payments : A New Controls Process for High Exit Payments which closed on 17 October 2022; and for what reason a response has not yet been issued.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	24606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government received 32 responses to the consultation on 'Public Sector Exit Payments: A New Controls Process for High Exit Payments'. HM Treasury will publish the government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 09/05/2024 13:59:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1690740

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 12498 on Public Sector: Redundancy Pay, and having regard to the fact that the Whole of Government accounts for the financial years ending 2022 and 2023 will not be published until July 2024 and July 2025, if he will provide the information requested for those years.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	15007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Whole of Government Accounts provide the most complete overview of exit payments in any given year. In advance of them, reference can be made to individual departments’ Annual Report and Accounts, where information on the usage of exit payments for the financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23 is available. These can be found online using the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts for Central Government Departments</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on exit payments made by Local Authorities between 2014 and 2023 is available under the heading ‘exit payments’ using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance" target="_blank">Statistical Data Sets Local Government Finance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 26/02/2024 12:28:06 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1688048

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have further plans to reform or improve controls around high exit payments in the public sector, and whether they are considering reintroducing a cap on very high public sector exit payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL2247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government maintains its commitment to ensuring that public sector exit payments are fair and proportionate to employers, employees and taxpayers. We continue to look at different options to tackle large exit payments and consulted on introducing additional controls in 2022. The Government is considering the responses to this consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/02/2024 16:13:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1686781

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the consultation entitled Public Sector Exit Payments: a new controls process for high exit payments, which closed on 17 October 2022, for what reason his Department has not yet responded to that consolation; and when he plans to respond.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	12497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is considering the responses to this consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 06/02/2024 15:38:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1686784

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector exit payments were made in excess of £95,000 in the financial years ending 31 March (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020, (e) 2021, (f) 2022 and (g) 2023; and what the total cost was of those payments in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	12498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>information on the number and costs of exit payments over £100,00 is published in the Whole of Government Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 06/02/2024 17:58:44 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1343788

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breaches of the control process for special severance payments were identified by his Department in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, and (c) 2020-21; and which organisations were accountable for those breaches.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	27075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text It is important that all public sector exit payments are fair and proportionate to employers, employees and taxpayers. Special Severance Payments are no exception to this, and we expect these payments to be used in only in agreed exceptional circumstances. To this aim, HMT published updated guidance on Special Severance Payments on May 27<sup>th</sup> 2021 which supplemented the guidance already outlined in Managing Public Money. This guidance introduced new HMT powers to sanction departments for non-compliance and new annual reporting requirements for Special Severance Payments. As this guidance is newly implemented, we have not yet seen any breaches and therefore have not sanctioned any Department. In future, we will have real time data on breaches and sanctions, payments made with a value higher than £100,000 and payments made to employees earning over £150,000. We also expect the annual transparency reporting, which takes place later this year, to provide us with a Departmental overview of the value of Special Severance payments made every year. answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 27076 27077 27078 27079 27080 27081 27082 question first answered 13/07/2021 11:03:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1343789

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of financial sanctions were applied by his Department in response to breaches of the control process for special severance payments in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21; and to which organisations or sponsoring Departments those sanctions were applied.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	27076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text It is important that all public sector exit payments are fair and proportionate to employers, employees and taxpayers. Special Severance Payments are no exception to this, and we expect these payments to be used in only in agreed exceptional circumstances. To this aim, HMT published updated guidance on Special Severance Payments on May 27<sup>th</sup> 2021 which supplemented the guidance already outlined in Managing Public Money. This guidance introduced new HMT powers to sanction departments for non-compliance and new annual reporting requirements for Special Severance Payments. As this guidance is newly implemented, we have not yet seen any breaches and therefore have not sanctioned any Department. In future, we will have real time data on breaches and sanctions, payments made with a value higher than £100,000 and payments made to employees earning over £150,000. We also expect the annual transparency reporting, which takes place later this year, to provide us with a Departmental overview of the value of Special Severance payments made every year. answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 27075 27077 27078 27079 27080 27081 27082 question first answered 13/07/2021 11:03:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1343795

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of special severance payments were made to individuals earning more than £100,000 with the written approval of his Department in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21; and by which organisations or departments those individuals were employed.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	27081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text It is important that all public sector exit payments are fair and proportionate to employers, employees and taxpayers. Special Severance Payments are no exception to this, and we expect these payments to be used in only in agreed exceptional circumstances. To this aim, HMT published updated guidance on Special Severance Payments on May 27<sup>th</sup> 2021 which supplemented the guidance already outlined in Managing Public Money. This guidance introduced new HMT powers to sanction departments for non-compliance and new annual reporting requirements for Special Severance Payments. As this guidance is newly implemented, we have not yet seen any breaches and therefore have not sanctioned any Department. In future, we will have real time data on breaches and sanctions, payments made with a value higher than £100,000 and payments made to employees earning over £150,000. We also expect the annual transparency reporting, which takes place later this year, to provide us with a Departmental overview of the value of Special Severance payments made every year. answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 27075 27076 27077 27078 27079 27080 27082 question first answered 13/07/2021 11:03:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1343796

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of special severance payments were made to individuals earning more than £100,000 without the written approval of his Department in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21; and by which organisations or Departments those individuals were employed.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	27082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text It is important that all public sector exit payments are fair and proportionate to employers, employees and taxpayers. Special Severance Payments are no exception to this, and we expect these payments to be used in only in agreed exceptional circumstances. To this aim, HMT published updated guidance on Special Severance Payments on May 27<sup>th</sup> 2021 which supplemented the guidance already outlined in Managing Public Money. This guidance introduced new HMT powers to sanction departments for non-compliance and new annual reporting requirements for Special Severance Payments. As this guidance is newly implemented, we have not yet seen any breaches and therefore have not sanctioned any Department. In future, we will have real time data on breaches and sanctions, payments made with a value higher than £100,000 and payments made to employees earning over £150,000. We also expect the annual transparency reporting, which takes place later this year, to provide us with a Departmental overview of the value of Special Severance payments made every year. answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 27075 27076 27077 27078 27079 27080 27081 question first answered 13/07/2021 11:03:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1311641

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for limiting public sector exit payments.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	185793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working at pace to deliver a new controls procedure for Special Severance exit payments by June 2021. We remain committed to bringing forward new policy measures to address the wide-ranging arrangements that result in six-figure pay-outs across the public sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 27/04/2021 14:34:28 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope