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Written question asked by Lord Wedderburn of Charlton (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 1 October 2007.

Employment Tribunals

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 27 March 2001 (WA 50), whether they will publish a similar table showing the annual number of applications made to employment tribunals in each of the years 2002 to 2006; the number of applications disposed of; and the percentage of those disposed of which were successful at a hearing, where that information is available.
Answer

The following table shows the annual number of claims made to the employment tribunals in each of the years from 2002 to 2006; the number of claims disposed of; and the percentage of those disposed of which were successful at a hearing.

Year Cases registered Cases disposed of Cases successful Cases successful (%)
2005-06 115,039 86,083 29, 078¹ 18¹
2004-05 86,181 97,966 26,472¹ 18¹
2003-04 115,042 93,973 13,000 14
2002-03 98,617 95,554 12,389 13
2001-02 112,227 97,386 12,023 12
Source: Employment Tribunals Service annual reports from 2001-02 to 2005-06
¹ From 2004-05 the number and percentage of jurisdictions, as opposed to cases, successful at a hearing were given

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5013; 694 c182WA
Session
2006-07
Related items
Sainsbury of Turville, Lord
Wednesday, 27 March 2002
Written questions
House of Lords
Notes
Answer received between Monday 20 August and Friday 24 August 2007.
Subjects
Applications Employment Tribunals Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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