Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Friday, 11 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 March 2016. It was answered by Nick Boles (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

ACAS: Arbitration

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many arbitration proceedings were started by Acas (a) in each employment sector and (b) relating to each topic on its database in each year since 2009-10.

Answer

The table below provides details of Acas collective arbitrations between 2009-10 and 2014-15 broken down by employment sector and topic:

	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Total arbitrations	44	31	21	17	15	19
By sector:
Aerospace	1	0	2	0	0	2
Clothing	0	1	0	0	0	0
Education	3	3	0	0	0	0
Energy	24	11	9	10	9	7
Engineering	0	0	0	1	0	1
Food	0	0	0	1	0	0
Health	1	0	1	0	0	0
Law	0	0	0	1	0	0
Logistics	0	5	4	1	0	3
Manufacturing	0	0	0	0	1	2
Media	1	1	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	3	0
Ports and Shipping	0	0	0	0	0	2
Public	2	4	3	2	1	2
Retail	5	2	0	1	0	0
Security	1	2	0	0	0	0
Transport	2	2	2	0	0	0
Waste	1	0	0	0	0	0
Logistics	3	0	0	0	1	0

By topic:
Annual pay	13	8	2	4	2	6
Other pay / employment conditions	6	2	8	1	1	2
Dismissal / Discipline	24	11	8	10	8	10
Grading	0	2	2	0	0	0
Other	1	8	1	2	4	1

Secondary information