{"value":{"id":1746900,"askingMemberId":5330,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-12-06T00:00:00","uin":"18056","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4979,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-12-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Since April 2020 the DWP has agreed 127 employee settlements totalling £2,322,639.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of settlements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020 – March 2021</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021 – March 2022</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022 – March 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023 – April 2024</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2024 - date</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All settlements are made following a robust value for money assessment and on the basis of legal advice.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Work and Pensions: Staff","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1746900","method":"GET"}]}