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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-04-12more like thismore than 2016-04-12
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice remove filter
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Equal Pay: Tribunals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March to Question 31122, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the (a) decrease in the number of women and (b) increase in the number of men bringing equal pay tribunal cases against their employers. more like this
tabling member constituency Brent Central remove filter
tabling member printed
Dawn Butler more like this
uin 33501 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-04-20more like thismore than 2016-04-20
answer text <p>The apparent increase in the number of complaints to the Employment Tribunals of equal pay made by men in 2015 was principally due to two large multiple claims issued during the year, involving mainly male claimants. Multiple claims are inherently more variable than single claims and comparisons which include multiple claims can be misleading about the trends in Tribunal caseloads.</p><p> </p><p>We are undertaking a review of the impact of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. This will include an assessment of the impact of fees on the volumes of Employment Tribunal claims including in relation to gender and other protected characteristics.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-04-20T13:48:50.597Zmore like thismore than 2016-04-20T13:48:50.597Z
answering member
1496
label Biography information for Shailesh Vara more like this
tabling member
1489
label Biography information for Dawn Butler more like this