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<p>Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers
who leave office are entitled to a one off payment equivalent to one quarter of their
annual salary at the point at which they leave the government.</p><p>This applies
only where a Minister is under 65 and is not appointed to a ministerial office within
three weeks of leaving government.</p><p>Individuals may waive the payment to which
they are entitled. That is a matter for their personal discretion, but this approach
has been taken in the past.</p><p>Details of such payments are published in departmental
annual reports and accounts, and ministerial salaries are published on <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf"
target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p>
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