Number of NDAs / settlements
Dear General Medical Council,
Please can you tell me how many NDAs or settlements you have made with employees as part of them leaving the company?
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Dear Jane Smith,
Your information request - IR1-3914530891
Thank you for your Email below dated 3^rd May 2023.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
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Kind regards,
Alex Mason
Information Access Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Dear Jane
Further to your emailed request did you have a timeframe in mind for the
period you’d wish us to search in relation to the use of NDAs or
settlements please?
Thanks
Julian Graves
Julian Graves
Information Access Manager
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Tel. no: 0161 923 6351
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From: FOI
Sent: 05 May 2023 16:27
To: 'gmc whistleblowing' <[FOI #977885 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Number of NDAs / settlements
Dear Jane Smith,
Your information request - IR1-3914530891
Thank you for your Email below dated 3^rd May 2023.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Kind regards,
Alex Mason
Information Access Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Dear Julian Graves,
There is no specific timeframe. All years that you have data for.
Yours sincerely,
Jane
Dear Jane Smith
Your information request - IR1-3914530891
Thank you for your email dated 3 May 2023 requesting to know how many
non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) or settlements we have made with
employees as part of them leaving the company. I have considered your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Since 1 January 2014 to present, we have entered into 23 settlement
agreements. As an organisation, we do not use NDAs.
Who to contact
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any further questions
or any concerns, please contact [1][GMC request email].
Yours sincerely
Henna Janghir
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [2][email address]
Tel: 0161 923 6710
Website: [3]www.gmc-uk.org
From: FOI
Sent: 05 May 2023 16:27
To: 'gmc whistleblowing' <[FOI #977885 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Number of NDAs / settlements
Dear Jane Smith,
Your information request - IR1-3914530891
Thank you for your Email below dated 3^rd May 2023.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Kind regards,
Alex Mason
Information Access Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Dear Henna Janghir,
How many of the settlement agreements contained a confidentiality clause within them ?
Yours sincerely,
Jane
Dear Jane Smith,
Your information request – IR1-3959670971
Thank you for your email dated 13^th June 2023.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Yours Sincerely,
Alex Mason
Information Access Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Dear Jane Smith
Reference: IR1-3959670971
Thank you for your further request, in reply to Henna Janghir’s response
to your original FOI request.
I can confirm that all of the settlement agreements mentioned in Henna’s
reply contained a confidentiality clause.
Kind Regards
Mark
Mark Ellen
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Direct Line: 0161 923 6347
From: FOI
Sent: 15 June 2023 11:04
To: gmc whistleblowing <[FOI #977885 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Number of NDAs / settlements
Dear Jane Smith,
Your information request – IR1-3959670971
Thank you for your email dated 13^th June 2023.
How we will consider your request
We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Yours Sincerely,
Alex Mason
Information Access Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
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