Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

‘I am requesting the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, relating to employment related claims and settlements. Please provide the data for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and during 2025-26, up to the time this FOI has been acknowledged.

Questions: The number of employment related claims or grievances raised by current or former staff which resulted in a financial settlement or payment made by the organisation.

The total amount paid in respect to said settlements, broken down by each financial year.

If the organisation records the nature of these claims, please provide any available breakdown by the following categories: Bullying and harassment

Discrimination (age, disability, race, sex, sexual orientation or gender reassignment, religion or belief)

Equal pay

Redundancy

Unfair or constructive dismissal

Whistleblowing or public interest disclosures

Where separately recorded, the legal or external advisory costs incurred in relation to those claims, including but not limited to legal fees, for each year.’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 20 October 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information.

Data provided is from 01 April 2022 to 20 October 2025.

There were no employment related claims or grievances resulting in a financial settlement for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.

2025-26 Financial Year

Fewer Than 5

Please be aware that I have decided not to release the exact number of claims, as the number is fewer than 5. This is because individuals could be identified when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available.

This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3A (a) of the Freedom of Information Act.

This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as:

it is not fair to disclose personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress.

these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the individuals.

Please click the web link below to see the exemption in full.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40

Breach of confidentiality

Please note that the identification of individuals is also a breach of the common law duty of confidence. An individual who has been identified could make a claim against the NHSBSA for the disclosure of the confidential information.

The information requested is therefore being withheld as it falls under the exemption in section 41(1) ‘Information provided in confidence’ of the Freedom of Information Act.

Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/41

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.