{"value":{"id":1746902,"askingMemberId":5330,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-12-09T00:00:00","uin":"18058","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4523,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-12-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Since 2020 the FCDO has agreed 26 employee settlements totalling circa £1.921 million.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Settlements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All settlements are made with robust legal advice and following a value for money assessment.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1746902","method":"GET"}]}