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 Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 April 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Civil Service Appeal Board

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of appeals by employees of (a) her 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 Department for Transport was established in 2002, Since then it has responded to 21 cases brought to the Civil Service Appeal Board.12 cases were on grounds of gross misconduct, two for breach of ICT policy, two for bringing the agency/department into disrepute, four for other individual reasons and one for which the information is not currently available.Six appeals were upheld (29 per cent.), five on the grounds of unfair dismissal and one for a minor procedural error by the department. The total compensation paid was £128,837.55. Only one individual was reinstated (in 2005) following an upheld appeal, as the Board concluded that there was insufficient evidence that the appellant was deliberately bringing the agency/department into disrepute.

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