Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58427

NHS: Employment Tribunals Service

Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

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

Karin Smyth
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...

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