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To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, on what date the board of trustees will meet to approve the application for project spire; and when they plan to make an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011 on the...
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, on what date the board of trustees will meet to approve the application for project spire; and when they plan to make an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011 on the...
The board of the Church Commissioners has authorised an application to register a new charity which it proposes to call the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice. Subject to that application, the board would, in future, consider an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47116 on Church of England: Slavery, when the Church Commissioners plan to submit an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment for Project Spire under section 106 of the Charities...
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47116 on Church of England: Slavery, when the Church Commissioners plan to submit an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment for Project Spire under section 106 of the Charities...
The timing and discussion of when to apply to the Charity Commission to make an ex gratia payment application, under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011, are matters for the Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners. The Board has not yet decided on the timing of any application to the Charity Commission.
I recently wrote to all Departments about the total cost of employee settlement agreements. Although there were some astronomical figures, most Departments have provided me with a response, but the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice have refused to answer that basic question, even rejecting freedom of information requests...
I recently wrote to all Departments about the total cost of employee settlement agreements. Although there were some astronomical figures, most Departments have provided me with a response, but the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice have refused to answer that basic question, even rejecting freedom of information requests...
I will look into why the hon. Member has not had a proper reply and ensure that he gets one.
I will look into why the hon. Member has not had a proper reply and ensure that he gets one.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The below table details the number of employee settlement agreements and amounts for the years where data is available.
All information prior to 2023 has now been archived and would incur disproportionate cost to obtain.
Calendar Year | Number of settlement agreements | Total Value |
2023 | 13 | £357,366.32 |
2024 | 12 | £822,729.11 |
The year in which a case is settled does not reflect the year in which the claim was made or proceedings on the case started.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 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.
Between 2020 and 2024 to date, Defra has agreed six settlement agreements: one in 2021, two in 2022, two in 2023 and one in 2024 to date. The total cost of these settlements is £234,200.
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many employee settlement agreements there were in IPSA in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements was.
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many employee settlement agreements there were in IPSA in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements was.
As with other public bodies, IPSA's Annual Report and Accounts provides information on special payments made each financial year, which can include the costs of employee settlement agreements. In line with IPSA's statutory responsibility to protect personal data, I can inform the Member that there were two such agreements made between 2020 and 2024 totalling £106,870.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The table below shows the number of employee settlement agreements since 2020.
| Number of employee settlement agreements | Total value (£) |
2020/21 | 0 | 0 |
2021/22 | 0 | 0 |
2022/23 | <5 | <£10,000 |
2023/24 | <5 | £25,001 - £50,000 |
2024/25* | <5 | £10,000 - £25,000 |
*Until 30 November 2024
For 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 details where numbers are five or fewer are being withheld under section 40(2) of the Act that relates to Personal Information, as releasing the numbers may potentially lead to the identification of individual(s).
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 18057, how many such complaints his Department received between (a) 1 January and 31 March, (b) 1 April and 5 July and (c) 6 July and 11 December 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 18057, how many such complaints his Department received between (a) 1 January and 31 March, (b) 1 April and 5 July and (c) 6 July and 11 December 2024.
The tables below show the number of reported complaints relating to Service Family Accommodation and Single Living Accommodation between 1 January and 31 March, 1 April and 5 July and 6 July and 11 December 2024.
Service Family Accommodation
Dates | Number of Complaints |
01/01/2024 - 31/03/2024 | 2,291 |
01/04/2024 - 05/07/2024 | 1,787 |
06/07/2024 - 11/12/2024 | 2,567 |
Total | 6,645 |
Single Living Accommodation
Dates | Number of Complaints |
01/01/2024 - 31/03/2024 | 57 |
01/04/2024 - 05/07/2024 | 46 |
06/07/2024 - 11/12/2024 | 112 |
Total | 215 |
Today, the Government has confirmed ex-gratia payments made under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme will be exempt from income tax. The scheme is designed to offer financial recognition to those who served under, and suffered from, the ban on LGBT personnel serving in HM Armed Forces between 1967-2000.
This decision to...
Today, the Government has confirmed ex-gratia payments made under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme will be exempt from income tax. The scheme is designed to offer financial recognition to those who served under, and suffered from, the ban on LGBT personnel serving in HM Armed Forces between 1967-2000.
This decision to...
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Today, the Government has confirmed ex-gratia payments made under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme will be exempt from income tax. The scheme is designed to offer financial recognition to those who served under,...
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Today, the Government has confirmed ex-gratia payments made under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme will be exempt from income tax. The scheme is designed to offer financial recognition to those who served under,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
DESNZ was formed on the 7th of February 2023. In the last year – 2023-24 – there was one settlement agreement of the type outlined. We are unable to disclose the amount given this is a single case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The number of settlement agreements issued by the department in the last five years are listed below:
2020 - 0
2021 - 0
2022 - 0
2023 - 0
2024 - fewer than 5
Due to the low number of settlement agreements issued by the department we cannot disclose the total value to ensure individuals are not identifiable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The Department for Business and Trade issued less than 5 settlement agreements in the years 2020 and 2022. We withhold the exact figures and the total value of these agreements under Section 40(2) (Personal information) of the Data Protection Act. Due to a Machinery of Government change, data prior to 1st July 2023 relates to the Department for International Trade.
No settlement agreements were made in the other years requested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
Exit packages are published in the DfT Annual Reports and Accounts and all redundancy, severance and other department costs, are paid in accordance with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (except where instances are detailed in the accounts as otherwise) e.g. see Page 141 of 2023/24 DfT Annual Report and Accounts https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a7690649b9c0597fdb0617/dft-annual-report-23-24-print.pdf.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
DSIT was established in February 2023 and we therefore do not hold date for the full period in question.
There has been less than 5 instances of settlement agreements being used since the department's creation. We are unable to share the precise number and value of agreements without individuals potentially being identifiable.
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.
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.
Since April 2020 the DWP has agreed 127 employee settlements totalling £2,322,639.
Period | Number of settlements |
April 2020 – March 2021 | 26 |
April 2021 – March 2022 | 30 |
April 2022 – March 2023 | 29 |
March 2023 – April 2024 | 30 |
April 2024 - date | 20 |
All settlements are made following a robust value for money assessment and on the basis of legal advice.
To ask the Solicitor General, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Solicitor General, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The Attorney General’s Office has not entered into any employee settlement agreements since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
The Department has not entered into any employee settlement agreements in any of the years since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employee settlement agreements there were in his Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.
I can confirm that since 2020 to date, the Department has had one settlement agreement in 2024. The settlement agreement was for the value of £20,000.