Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Local Growth and Communities, the hon. member for Barking, received a Ministerial severance payment upon leaving Government.

The former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Local Growth and Communities, the hon. member for Barking, was not entitled to and did not receive a severance payment from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government as they served less than six months in their ministerial position.