{"value":{"id":1892427,"askingMemberId":350,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-03-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-03-23T00:00:00","uin":"121695","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3966,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-03-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s first set of accounts were for 2023/24 where the expenditure on special severance payments was £99,390. Expenditure in subsequent years can be found in the relevant annual report and accounts.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Redundancy Pay","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1892427","method":"GET"}]}