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<p><del class="ministerial">This information is not available and could only be obtained
at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The total number
of potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal notified
to Acas under the early conciliation scheme by individuals in 2014-15 was 1,851. Of
these:</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 308 were settled
by Acas at early conciliation stage and recorded on a COT3 settlement document;</ins></p><p>
</p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 545 progressed to a tribunal claim being taken,
264 of which were subsequently settled on an Acas COT3 following further conciliation;</ins></p><p>
</p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 998 were not settled through Acas, but did not progress
to a tribunal case.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">An
additional 18 notifications were made by employers. Seventeen of these were settled
by Acas and the other was neither settled nor progressed to a tribunal.</ins></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government does not have data
on the number of private settlements which settled claims before reaching a tribunal.
The independently commissioned survey of early conciliation (a sample across all jurisdictions)
found that 61 per cent of claimants (and their representatives) who did not settle
but decided not to submit a tribunal claim reported that Acas was a factor in their
decision.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please
note: (i) The jurisdictional provided to Acas is only indicative based on the information
given by the prospective claimant; (ii) Counted individually there were a total of
1,882 notifications which means that a small number of claimants notified against
more than one respondent.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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