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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases were heard at (a) employment and (b) industrial tribunals in Northern Ireland in the months from January to June inclusive in each year since 2001. [180812] Mr. Gardiner: The Office of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal maintains statistics on the number of cases disposed of each month, rather than the number of cases heard. The available figures are as follows: Cases disposed of by industrial tribunals _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002 January 505 February 465 March 286 April 332 May 270 June 337 2003 January 490 February 435 March 421 April 33 May 415 June 439 2004 January 265 February 343 March 304 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cases disposed of by Fair Employment Tribunal _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002 January 52 February 36 March 46 April 44 May 34 June 43 2003 January 37 February 71 March 46 April 17 May 45 June 38 2004 January 50 February 57 March 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The information sought by the hon. Member in relation to 2001 is not readily available and may take some time to collate. I will write to him with the information as soon as it is available. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

180812; 423 c1322-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Employment Industrial Tribunal Industrial disputes Northern Ireland Tribunals Fair Employment Tribunal

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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