Gagging Orders

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Dear Monmouthshire Council,

Please could you disclose the number of staff exits which have included the use of gagging orders otherwise technically known as compromise or settlement agreements during the last 10 years.

Please could you provide a breakdown of the numbers and costs of such agreements per year.

If possible please could you indicate how many agreements in each year involved a member of staff exiting the organisation whose role involved working with children or other vulnerable groups.

Yours faithfully,

Rhys Matthews

Trigg, Mike J., Monmouthshire County Council

Dear Mr Matthews,

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We have identified one compromise agreement which included a confidentiality clause, which was made in 2011-12 and captured a redundancy payment to the value of £13,925.34. This person was employed in the education sector.

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Mike Trigg,
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