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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total cost was for (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff from his Department in the last year.

Any payments made in each Financial Year relating to settlement agreements, which includes special severance payments associated with settlement agreements where relevant, will be published in the relevant Annual Report and Accounts.

For the last financial year, these are published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025

A further update will be provided as part of the next set of published accounts for 2025-26.