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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Ms Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment and tribunal claims in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland in each year from 1995 to 2000 in (i) sex discrimination, (ii) equal pay, (iii) race discrimination and (iv) disability discrimination cases (A) were lodged, (B) were settled through ACAS, (C) were privately settled, (D) were withdrawn, (E) reached a hearing and (F) were successful at hearing; what was the distribution of compensation awards in successful cases separately distinguishing compensation for injury to feelings; and how many individuals were represented at tribunals. [118736] Mr. Alan Johnson: The following tables set out the information requested. The statistics are produced on a Great Britain basis. Table showing the number of cases registered according to jurisdiction _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Sex Discrimination 2,880 {1}-- 3,440 6,203 Equal Pay 1,482 {1}-- 1,845 5,018 Racial Discrimination 1,774 {1}-- 2,578 2,746 Disability Discrimination n/a {1}-- 959 1,430 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Due to changes to the database system of the ETS in 1996, statistics are not available for 1996-97. n/a = DDA Act did not come into force until 2 December 1996 Table showing the number of cases disposed of and the respective outcomes according to jurisdiction. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Sex Discrimination Cases disposed of 3,677 {1}-- 2,839 4,025 ACAS settled 1,464 {1}-- 1,005 1,791 Withdrawn or privately 1,508 {1}-- 1,070 1,334 settled Reached a hearing 574 {1}-- 676 797 (of which) successful 218 {1}-- 224 270 Equal Pay Number of cases 694 {1}-- 1,483 1,530 ACAS settled 128 {1}-- 253 517 Withdrawn or privately 456 {1}-- 1,069 650 settled Reached a hearing 82 {1}-- 91 316 (of which) successful 36 {1}-- 18 7 Racial Discrimination Number of cases 1,737 {1}-- 2,194 2,694 ACAS settled 405 {1}-- 661 813 Withdrawn or privately 656 {1}-- 727 871 settled Reached a hearing 562 {1}-- 653 837 (of which) successful 109 {1}-- 119 131 Disability Discrimination Number of cases n/a {1}-- 337 858 ACAS settled n/a {1}-- 140 365 Withdrawn or privately n/a {1}-- 123 284 settled Reached a hearing n/a {1}-- 69 189 (of which) successful n/a {1}-- 4 33 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Due to changes to the database system of the ETS in 1996, statistics are not available for 1996-97 n/a = DDA Act did not come into force until 2 December 1996 Note: It should be noted that the ETS statistical years follow the financial, not calendar years and as yet, the statistics for 1999-2000 are being collated and are not available. Table showing compensation levels by jurisdiction and year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Award less than £499 £500-£2,499 £2,500-£6,999 greater than £7,000 1995-96 Sex Discrimination 13 31 18 15 Equal Pay {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Racial Discrimination 3 16 4 9 Disability Discrimination n/a n/a n/a n/a 1996-97 Sex Discrimination {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- Equal Pay {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Racial Discrimination {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- Disability Discrimination {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 1997-98 Sex Discrimination 12 47 47 28 Equal Pay {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Racial Discrimination 2 22 20 35 Disability Discrimination {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- 1998-99 Sex Discrimination 7 47 56 54 Equal Pay {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Racial Discrimination 2 18 24 28 Disability Discrimination {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Statistics on Equal Pay and Disability Discrimination cases are not collated separately. {2} Due to changes to the database system of the ETS in 1996, statistics are not available for 1996-97 n/a = DDA Act did not come into force until 2 December 1996 Note: Statistics on compensation awards for injury to feeling are included in the above details but can not be separately identified. Table showing representation at the employment tribunals-- for applicants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year None or Self {1} Other Legal Union 1995-96 10,342 3,983 4,520 2,374 1996-97 {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 1997-98 11,579 2,532 4,142 1,814 1998-99 9,413 2,743 4,545 4,223 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes cases where the parties failed to attend. {2} Due to changes to the database system of the ETS in 1996, statistics are not available for 1996-97. Source: ETS--April 2000

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

118736; 348 c274-6W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Complaints Disability Compensation ACAS Employment Equality Employment Tribunals Service Gender Equal pay Legal representation Racial discrimination

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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