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Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

Written question asked by Peter Bedford (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 6 December 2024. It was answered by Andrew Western (Labour) on Thursday, 12 December 2024 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Question

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.

Answer

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.

Type

Written question

Reference

18056

Session

2024-25

Subjects

Department for Work and Pensions

Staff

Ex gratia payments

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk