Right hon. Member for Hartlepool (Hansard, 30 January 2001)

HC Deb 30 January 2001 vol 362 c144W 144W

§ Miss Widdecombe
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much severance pay the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the right hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandelson), will receive; and if she will make a statement. [148030]

§ Marjorie Mowlam
Under the terms of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, all Ministers (except the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor) are entitled to a severance payment equal to one quarter of their final ministerial salary on leaving office, provided that the individual has not attained the age of 65 or been appointed to another paid office within a period of three weeks.