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Written question asked by Richard Fuller (Conservative) on Monday, 31 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 April 2025. It was answered by Darren Jones (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.

Civil Servants: Redundancy

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.43 of the Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, what the £150 million provided for government employee exit schemes will be spent on; and how much and what proportion of this is for redundancy payments.

Answer

As announced at Spring Statement the government has allocated £150 million for government employee exit schemes. Information can be found in the Spring Statement supporting documentation here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3ec2df356a2dc0e39b488/E03274109_HMT_Spring_Statement_Mar_25_Web_Accessible_.pdf. This will be match-funded by a further £150 million from Departments.

Exit schemes will enable delivery of leaner, smarter, more efficient government, whilst delivering savings over the medium term.

Departments will bid for funding from this central pot in order to run exit schemes, and therefore the exact details of how this will be spent is not yet known.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
42428
Session
2024-26
Related items
Spring Statement 2025
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Subjects
Civil servants Redundancy pay Redundancy
Link
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