FOI release

Private healthcare cover

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we didn't hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/00531

Received 14 May 2026

Published 5 June 2026

Request

This is an information request relating to private health insurance for staff. Please provide me with the following information for the 2025-26 financial year: 1. The total amount spent by your organisation on funding or subsidising private healthcare/medical insurance for your staff during the 2025-26 financial year. 1. A summary or copy of the private healthcare policy/policies currently available to your staff. Please include details regarding the level of cover provided and the eligibility criteria for staff to access this benefit (e.g., whether it is available to all staff, or restricted to certain pay grades or roles). 1. The total number of staff members who were enrolled in or successfully claimed from this private healthcare scheme during the 2025-26 financial year. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

Response

See attached

Documents

• FOI2026_00531 (redacted).pdf (523.2 KB)

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