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NHS: Employment Tribunals Service

Commons · Question 58427 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight exists to (a) monitor and (b) audit legal expenditure by NHS Trusts in Employment Tribunal cases.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Jun 2025

Neither the Department nor NHS England monitor or audit legal expenditure by National Health Service trusts in Employment tribunal cases. NHS trusts are responsible for overseeing their own Employment Tribunal cases, which would include monitoring and aud...