THE TREASURY “materially contributed” to the suicide of a worker a day after a meeting with managers, a coroner has said.

Chloe Moffat, 26, died on May 20 last year after she was told of allegations she had shared sensitive confidential information about colleagues, which she denied.

The Treasury did not apply written disciplinary policy when a senior manager told Ms Moffat she “could not predict the outcome at this stage” instead of saying the likely outcome would be a written warning if the allegations were proven, Surrey Coroner’s Court heard. 

Ms Moffat’s family said that they believed the Treasury failed in its duty of care to a “bright, caring and talented young woman who loved her family, her friends and her work.”

Assistant coroner Anna Crawford said that she would be sending a prevention of future deaths report to HM Treasury, the head of the Civil Service and to Acas.

The Treasury said it was “considering the findings carefully.”