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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 March 2008. It was answered by Meg Munn (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 March 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Civil Service Appeal Board

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what percentage of appeals by employees of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were (i) heard and (ii) upheld by the Civil Service Appeal Board in each of the last 10 years; how much was awarded in compensation by the Board to each successful appellant in each year; what the reason was for each compensation award; how many appellants were reinstated by the Board in each year; and what the reason was for each (A) dismissal and (B) reinstatement.
Answer

The Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) has records from 2004 onwards of appeals taken to the Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB). CSAB records show a total of eight appeals from home civil servants in the FCO from 1997 to 2004.

Number
April 1997-March 1998 0
April 1998-March 1999 1
April 1999-March 2000 0
April 2000-March 2001 2
April 2001-March 2002 4
April 2002-March 2003 1
April 2003-March 2004 0

Details of the outcome in each case are no longer available.From 2004 to March 2007, four appeals were lodged by FCO home civil servants to the CSAB:

Number
April 2004-March 2005 1
April 2005-March 2006 2
April 2006-March 2007 1

Three of the appeals concerned dismissal on misconduct grounds. One was settled following conciliation. The other two were not upheld. The fourth appeal concerned unfair dismissal and was not upheld.The Diplomatic Service Appeal Board considers appeals from Diplomatic Service officers against dismissal. In 2007 two such appeals were considered. One was upheld and the other was not upheld.Due to the small number of cases involved, further requested details have not been provided to avoid identification of individuals.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
192513; 473 c1029-30W;473 c1025-6W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Civil Service Appeal Board
Link
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