Question

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the redundancy payment paid to Angus Sinclair was in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules.

The exit payment made to Angus Sinclair was in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules. The House of Commons was not a member of the Civil Service pension arrangements until 2014, but prior to this date it had a ‘by-analogy’ scheme that followed the same rules.