Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that no settlement is reached between the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and its chief executive, Caroline Shaw, on the termination of her employment until Monitor and the Care Quality Commission have concluded their current investigations into allegations of wrongdoing and published the outcome.

The decision to settle a dispute with an employee is an employment matter between the Trust and the employee.

We have written to Sir Hugh Taylor, Interim Chair of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, informing him of this enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.