Priti sweet deal! Minister receives payout of £17,000 despite being forced to quit over unauthorised meetings in Israel
- Priti Patel was forced to quit her role as International Development Secretary
- Cabinet Office refuses to disclose if ministers are given pay-offs
- But details of the payment appear in her former department’s annual accounts
By Claire Ellicot For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:52 BST, 22 August 2018 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 22 August 2018
Priti Patel has received a £17,000 payout despite being forced to quit as International Development Secretary over unauthorised meetings in Israel last summer.
At the time ministers are dismissed or resign, the Cabinet Office refuses to disclose if they are given pay-offs.
It still will not say if Boris Johnson received a payment when he quit as Foreign Secretary last month, or if David Davis did when he stood down as Brexit Secretary.
But details of the payment to Mrs Patel are in the Department for International Development’s annual accounts for 2017-18.
Priti Patel, Conservative party Employment Minister, in her Westminster office
Under the subject line ‘Compensation for loss of office (audited)’ the document states: ‘The Rt Hon Priti Patel … received a severance payment of £16,876.’ Witham MP Mrs Patel was summoned back to London from Africa in November by Prime Minister Theresa May and sacked over private meetings with senior Israeli figures, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during an August holiday.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said ministers, including those who quit, have a right to severance pay.
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