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Employment Tribunals Service: Scotland

Answer

The number of employment tribunal claims involving claimants in Scotland that have been outstanding for more than (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years can be found in the below table.

Table 1. Employment Tribunal (amalgamated data) - Claims involving claimants in Scotland 1 that have been in the open caseload for more than (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years, as of 31 March 2026 2

Case Type	Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than one year as of 31 March 2026	Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than two years as of 31 March 2026	Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than three years as of 31 March 2026	Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than four years as of 31 March 2026
Single and Lead Multiple Claims	1,205	690	500	427

Source: SDP ET AMALGAMATED DATABASE

Extraction Date: 03-JUL-2026

1 Claims managed within the Scotland region but do not separately record whether an individual claimant is resident in Scotland.

2 Latest data available, in line with published statistics.

This data is management Information and subject to change. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

15205

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Employment Tribunals Service Standards Scotland

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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