division_name: Miscellaneous
motion: <p class="indent" pid="d174.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;an abrupt and significant financial adjustment&#8230;on relinquishing ministerial office&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="">17 January 1990</phrase>; Vol. 165, c. 311.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d184.2/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying there's been a lot of ministerial turnover since 2010, but you could now play an 11-a-side football match between Ministers for the Cabinet Office and Secretaries of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in that time&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d187.6/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;SNP spin doctors received more than &#163;200k in &#8216;golden goodbyes&#8217; in 2023 as Humza Yousaf rung tiny changes.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d189.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;are governed by Acts of Parliament&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d195.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;receive an amount equal to one-quarter of their earnings over the previous 12 months as a Minister, minus any period covered by a previous severance entitlement, where that is lower than an amount equal to one-quarter of the annual salary paid to that Minister before their departure&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d203.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;having had possibly only two years in a ministerial job.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="">31 January 1991</phrase>; Vol. 184, c. 1147.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d203.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;these costs can include managing an office&#8230;handling correspondence as a former Prime Minister; and support with visits and similar activities. The allowance is not paid to support private or parliamentary duties, nor is it used for security purposes.&#8221;</p>