Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 4 September 2025.
David Simmonds
Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 64085 on Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments, if she will publish the letter.
Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Department does not routinely publish information on the remuneration of direct ministerial appointments as they are not regulated public appointments. The Chair of the Oxford Growth Commission wrote to the previous Shadow Secretary of State sharing details of his remuneration on 16 July.
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