§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Prime Minister whether Ministers leaving office immediately following the general election will have their severance payments based on the salary scale in force on polling day or that applicable on the day after polling day. [14150]
§ Mr. FreemanI have been asked to reply.
Severance payments will be made in accordance with the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 and will, therefore, mean that severance pay to former Ministers is based on the same rate as the salaries paid to new and continuing Ministers.