Ian Swales – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Swales on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Government publishes annual statements on special adviser numbers and paybill costs, including severance pay. Information for each financial year going back to 2010/11 is available at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs-october-2013