PIDA Disputes - FOI Response Register

1. a)   Please state the total number of employment tribunals/disputes brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act defended by your Board since April 2012.

Less than 5

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.

2. a) Please state the total paid out in legal fees (including legal advice) by your Board defending employment tribunals/disputes brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act since April 2012.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

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.  

3. Please state the total amount spent on the individual employment tribunal/dispute brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act defended by your Board, which cost your Board the highest sum in legal fees, since April 2012. 

In accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.

We are unable to disclose payments as individuals may be identified as small numbers 

4. a)  Please state the total number of employment tribunals/disputes brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act defended by your Board, which resulted in the use of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (‘NDA’ or ‘confidentially clause’), since April 2012.

Less than 5

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.