Subject	Predicate	Object
WxZq5IG5	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	a2CLhnA9
	answer has answering person	Justin Paul Tomlinson
	answer text	<p>On 1<sup>st</sup> February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.</p><p> </p><p>During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	answer given date	2019-01-22
	answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	written answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has written answer	WxZq5IG5
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has answer	WxZq5IG5
a2CLhnA9	question has answer	WxZq5IG5
Justin Paul Tomlinson	answering person has answer	WxZq5IG5