Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which Secretary of State is responsible for any decision related to the forfeiture of a ministerial pension.

The Prime Minister, as Minister for the Civil Service, is responsible for the Ministerial Pension Scheme and has delegated day to day responsibility for the scheme to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.

It should be noted that there is no provision in the scheme rules for the forfeiture of benefits.