Written question asked by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 July 2007. It was answered by Pat McFadden (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 July 2007 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Industrial Disputes: Arbitration

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department holds figures on the proportion of employees which work for the same company following the resolution of an employment dispute (a) through mediation and (b) through other forms of resolution.

Answer: The information is as follows:(a) The Government do not hold records on the outcome of private mediation, which is a confidential process between the parties concerned.(b) Statistics on disputes which Acas helps to resolve through providing conciliation services are included in the Acas annual report. Statistics on disputes resolved through employment tribunals may be found in the employment tribunal service annual report. This includes figures for the number of orders of reinstatement made by tribunals. There is no system for tracking the employment history of claimants to tribunals after the end of the tribunal process and so the Government have no figures for the proportion of employees who remain with the same employer following the resolution at tribunal of their dispute.

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