“Figures showed 17,571 settlement deals had been signed between 2010 and 2015, many including confidentiality clauses.
Cardiff Council has issued the most settlement agreements, with nearly 3,000 employees signing one since 2010. …
… The 5 live Investigates programme made a Freedom of Information request to all 433 district, city, county and regional councils in the UK. 70% responded. The responses revealed that 17,571 workers had signed a settlement agreement between 2010 and 2015.
Staff often received an enhanced pay-out for signing such an agreement. But it is unclear how much these enhanced arrangements are costing the public purse because the figures include money that staff would have been entitled to under their normal terms and conditions.
But the 17,571 settlement agreements resulted in pay-outs totalling £226.7m. …”
East Devon Watch 
Between January and September 2014, 6 settlement agreements were made by East Devon District Council at a cost of £136,146. Apparently the confidentiality clause prevents EDDC saying more! (One would be forgiven for thinking the clause is put there to silence the employee though).
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