Chris Skidmore corrected a written answer on Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
Clive Efford (Labour, Eltham) asked written question 48873 on 17 October 2016. Chris Skidmore answered on 20 October 2016 for the Cabinet Office, and Chris Skidmore corrected the answer on 21 October 2016. The corrected text adds the figure £95,000, which the original did not give. Altogether 36 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37393, how many civil servants have had their exit payments capped at £95,000 prior to 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The Government legislated to end six figure exit payments in the public sector through the Enterprise Act and will lay secondary legislation to bring a £95,000 cap into force. |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/603990?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 95475b80a96cefd8fcfe3b48ff92daf57fa38d3e3bf605a679deb508aabc03f4 |