Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether any severance pay by his Department to former Secretaries of State and Ministers has been declined since 5 July 2022.

The provision of severance payments for ministers is set out in legislation.

Details of the severance payments made to ministers when leaving office are published in departments' annual reports and accounts.

Similarly, the provision of severance payments for special advisers is set out in the Model Contract, which is available on gov.uk, including provisions for repayment of severance if reappointed. The cost of severance payments made to special advisers across government is published annually by the Cabinet Office.