Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 May 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 June 2018 (named day). It was answered by Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) on Monday, 4 June 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.

Public Sector: Redundancy Pay

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exit payments for public sector workers which have exceeded £95,000 since the Enterprise Act 2016 came into force.

Answer: Figures published in the Whole of Government Accounts show that during the period of April 2015 to March 2016 there were 1,787 exits paid at over £100,000, costing £0.2bn. There were 5,439 exit payments paid at between £50,000 and £100,000 costing £0.3bn, of which a portion may have been more than £95,000. The Whole of Government Accounts figures for the period since the Enterprise Act 2016 came into force, on May 4 2016, are not yet available and no separate estimate has been made.

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