Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Ministerial Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 56-8WS, on Atos, how much Atos has paid to his Department in order to exit its contract early; and whether he plans for the new contract provide for payments calculated on the number of assessments completed.

The terms of the financial settlement are confidential between the parties.

The Department is currently developing the financial model for the new contract and no decisions have been reached.