Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) non-disclosure and (b) other confidentiality agreements relating to (i) employment, (ii) bullying, (iii) misconduct and (iii) harassment cases have been agreed by their Department in each year since 1 January 2010; and how much money from the public purse has been spent on (A) legal costs and (B) financial settlements for such agreements in each year since 1 January 2010.

The Department does not hold any records of non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements between 2010 and 2013. Between 2014 and 2022, there were no non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements. While the Department paid £13,013 in settlement payments during this period, we are unable to provide the information in the format requested as it relates to personal information and could identify the individuals concerned.