Question reference: S6W-25834
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 26 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw (on behalf of the SPCB) on 5 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has provided an office-holder resettlement grant to the former Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, following his resignation; whether it has been informed of any intention to decline or return such a grant, and, if this is not the case, (a) whether such a grant will be provided in instalments or by lump-sum payment and (b) when any such payment(s) is/are due.
Answer
The SPCB is required under the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009, Schedule 2, to pay an Office Holder resettlement grant to an individual who –
(a) stops being the holder of a pensionable office, and
(b) is not appointed as the holder of a pensionable office during the following 90 days.
Under the Act, there is no provision to withhold or refuse the payment. Payment of the resettlement grant is made as a one-off lump sum payment on the next available pay day after the 90 days have lapsed.