To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1312-13W, on local government: redundancy pay, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the non-confidential written responses, including the record of the verbal briefing by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. (319320)

The Audit Commission plans to publish its report on severance pay made to local authority chief executives in mid-March. The consultation responses from organisations will be placed on the Commission's website when the report is published. Copies of all non-confidential responses will be placed in the Library of the House.