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Written question asked by Eddie McGrady (Social Democratic & Labour Party) on Wednesday, 17 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2003. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 October 2003 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fair employment cases the Equality Commission is assisting through the provision of funding; and how many of these also involve discrimination prohibited on other grounds; when the Equality Commission produced a strategic plan for investigations following reviews under Article 55 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; how many employers the Equality Commission has referred to the Fair Employment Tribunal because of a failure to abide by undertakings made as a result of investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 in each year; how many applications for assistance in terms of funding of fair employment cases the Equality Commission received (a) in the last financial year and (b) in this financial year; and how many of these also involved discrimination prohibited on other grounds; how many cases the Equality Commission is assisting through the provision of funding; how many applications for assistance in terms of funding of cases the Equality Commission has received in the (a) current and (b) last financial year; what external research the Equality Commission has commissioned on fair employment since its foundation; what (a) external and (b) internal research the Equality Commission has published on fair employment since its foundation; how many investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 have been initiated by the Equality Commission in each year since its foundation; if he will confirm when the Equality Commission produced a strategic plan for investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; how many investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 have been initiated by the Equality Commission in each year since its foundation; and how many of them were against an employer as a result of a finding by the Fair Employment Tribunal against that employer; what external research the Equality Commission has published on fair employment since its foundation; with how many employers the Equality Commission has agreed undertakings following investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 in each year since its foundation. - The Chief Executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland to write, copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.
Answer

Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many fair employment cases the Equality Commission is assisting through the provision of funding; and how many of these also involve discrimination prohibited on other grounds; [131420] (2) when the Equality Commission produced a strategic plan for investigations following reviews under Article 55 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; [131462] (3) how many employers the Equality Commission has referred to the Fair Employment Tribunal because of a failure to abide by undertakings made as a result of investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 in each year; [131879] (4) how many applications for assistance in terms of funding of fair employment cases the Equality Commission received (a) in the last financial year and (b) in this financial year; and how many of these also involved discrimination prohibited on other grounds; [131463] (5) how many cases the Equality Commission is assisting through the provision of funding; [131421] (6) how many applications for assistance in terms of funding of cases the Equality Commission has received in the (a) current and (b) last financial year; [131422] (7) what external research the Equality Commission has commissioned on fair employment since its foundation; [131464] (8) what (a) external and (b) internal research the Equality Commission has published on fair employment since its foundation; [131470] (9) how many investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 have been initiated by the Equality Commission in each year since its foundation; [131460] (10) if he will confirm when the Equality Commission produced a strategic plan for investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; [131461] (11) how many investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 have been initiated by the Equality Commission in each year since its foundation; and how many of them were against an employer as a result of a finding by the Fair Employment Tribunal against that employer; [131761] (12) what external research the Equality Commission has published on fair employment since its foundation; [131762] (13) with how many employers the Equality Commission has agreed undertakings following investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 in each year since its foundation. [131881] Mr. Spellar: I have asked the Chief Executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland to write to the hon. Gentleman. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
411 c183-4W;411 c205-6W; 131420;131462;131879;131463;131421;131422;131464;131470;131460;131461;131761;131762;131881
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Applications Employment Equality Industrial Tribunal Finance Northern Ireland Research Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Legislation
Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
Link
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