To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what dates the monitoring group established under the Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 has met; whether minutes of the meetings of that group are published; and what the names of the members of that group are. (282198)

The Compensation Regulations Monitoring Group met on four occasions, 21 December 2006; 1 March 2007; 19 April 2007; and 18 June 2007. The minutes of meetings were not published. The group is chaired by an official from Communities and Local Government and membership of the group is made up of representatives from the Local Government Employers Organisation, the Public Sector People’s Managers Association, Unison, Unite the Union, GMB and the TUC.