{"value":{"id":896469,"askingMemberId":4418,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2018-05-02T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2018-05-08T00:00:00","uin":"140816","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with employees in each of the last five years for which figures are available.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4460,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Civil Service’s policy since February 2015 has been not to use confidentiality agreements in settlement agreements on termination of employment. The Department’s approach is to not use non-disclosure agreements for settlement agreements and instead be open and transparent with agreement outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the information available for the Department of Transport, including executive agencies, the number of non-disclosure agreements used are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with employees</p></td><td><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Transport: Disclosure of Information","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/896469","method":"GET"}]}