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This request relates to employment tribunals/disputes defended by your Trust relating to claims made under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (i.e., where claimants allege to have suffered detriment, including unfair dismissal, as a result of making a ‘protected disclosure’ or ‘public interest disclosure’ or ‘whistleblowing disclosure’) since the start of the 2012/13 tax year.
Question 1:
a) Please state the total number of employment tribunals/disputes brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act defended by your Trust since April 2012.
b) If possible without triggering s40 of the FOIA, please provide a yearly breakdown in tax years (2012/13-2022/23) of question 1.a.
Question 2:
a) Please state the total paid out in legal fees (including legal advice) by your Trust defending employment tribunals/disputes brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act since April 2012.
b) If possible without triggering s40 of the FOIA, please provide a yearly breakdown in tax years (2012/13-2022/23) of question 2.a.
Question 3:
a) Please state the total amount spent on the individual employment tribunal/dispute brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act defended by your Trust, which cost your Trust the highest sum in legal fees, since April 2012.
Question 4:
a) Please state the total number of employment tribunals/disputes brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act defended by your Trust, which resulted in the use of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (‘NDA’ or ‘confidentially clause’), since April 2012.
b) If possible without triggering s40 of the FOIA, please provide a yearly breakdown in tax years (2012/13-2022/23) of question 4.a.

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) employment dispute costs.251023.docx