Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a statement.
The Department complies with section 181 through our Partnership Agreement with our recognised trade unions. This sets out that disclosure of information for collective bargaining purposes will be in accordance with the ACAS Code of Practice for Disclosure of Information and the provisions of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.