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<p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p><br>Section 4 of the Ministerial
and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 sets out Ministers’ entitlement to severance
payments. Payments to individuals are processed by the relevant departments. Any such
payments are published in each department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts
can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p>When their appointing Minister leaves office, special
advisers are entitled to a severance payment, to be paid in accordance with the terms
set out in the <em>Model Contract for Special Advisers</em>, which can be found on
GOV.UK. The cost of special advisers is published and laid before Parliament on an
annual basis and is available on GOV.UK.</p>
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