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1138516

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 272279, how many people (a) are entitled to be and (b) have been reimbursed for employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	276237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of people (a) entitled to an employment tribunal fee refund is 64,426 and (b) the number that have been reimbursed is 33,787.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/07/2019 10:06:11 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137057

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what year will each person entitled to an employment tribunal fee refund have received one.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	273449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The MoJ is committed to allowing every person who is entitled to a refund to apply for one.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to predict the year in which all of the refunds will have been made. This is because it is dependent on those eligible coming forward to claim a refund.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a wide range of proactive steps to publicise the refund scheme, including through the gov.uk website, letters to parliamentarians, and information disseminated through partners such as trades unions, the Law Society and the Citizens Advice. From April 2018, we wrote to everyone entitled to a refund and who had not yet applied, as well as interested MPs, to ensure they were aware of the scheme and how to apply. We will continue to monitor the progress of the refund scheme going forward.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:36:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136350

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) value and (b) proportion of employment tribunal fees have been refunded since those fees were abolished.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>We have written to all claimants we believe are due a refund and the value of employment tribunal fees refunded as of 31 March is £17,296,733. This is approximately 54% of expected refund applications. We will continue to work closely with stakeholders to get the message out, including with trade unions who support and submit large multiple claims.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:09:31 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136351

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on notifying people that paid employment tribunal fees of their right to a refund.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The refund scheme was announced on 20th October 2017 through an article on the gov.uk website, letters to parliamentarians, and information disseminated through partners such as trades unions, the Law Society and the Citizens Advice. In April 2018, we wrote to everyone entitled to a refund and who had not yet applied, as well as interested MPs, to ensure they were aware of the scheme and how to apply. This was completed in July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>To complete this exercise, we employed an external delivery partner at the cost of £28,000. This does not include the time spent by MoJ officials on this task.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:43:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136353

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for employment tribunal fee refunds have been refused by reason for refusal.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has not rejected any valid claims for refunds. In order to assess validity, HMCTS checks whether another party has claimed, whether the claimant has already been paid and whether the claimant is entitled to a refund. In these circumstances HMCTS would invite the claimant to submit a fresh claim which addresses concerns identified rather than reject outright. We do not hold statistics on the number of claims dealt with in this way and the information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:10:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1082336

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the value of employment tribunal fees that have yet to be reimbursed through the fee refund scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	228750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated cost of refunding the fees, with interest, is around £33m, plus administration costs. From the launch of the employment tribunal fee refund scheme on 15 November 2017 to 30 September 2018 (the latest available data), there have been 21,500 applications for refunds received and 20,000 refund payments made, with a total value of £15,825,000. Therefore the estimated value of ET fees that have yet to be reimbursed is in the order of £17m as of 30 September 2018. Details of the number and value of refunds paid are included in the MoJ’s regular quarterly statistical bulletin ‘Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly.’ The most recent bulletin was published on 13 December 2018. The next bulletin is due to be published on 14 March 2019.</p><p>The refund scheme was announced on 20<sup>th</sup> October 2017 through an article on the gov.uk website, letters to parliamentarians, and disseminated information through partners such as trades unions, the Law Society and the Citizens Advice Bureau. In April 2018, we wrote to everyone entitled to a refund and who had not yet applied, as well as interested MPs, to ensure they are aware of the scheme and how to apply. This was completed in July 2018. We will continue to monitor the progress of the refund scheme going forward.</p><p>The average length of time from receipt to payment for a single refund application, where the required information has been provided and is submitted online is working 5 working days. For those refund applications submitted by post the average length of time is 10 working days.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 228751 228752 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1082337

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to contact those people eligible for the employment tribunal fee refund scheme who have not yet applied.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	228751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated cost of refunding the fees, with interest, is around £33m, plus administration costs. From the launch of the employment tribunal fee refund scheme on 15 November 2017 to 30 September 2018 (the latest available data), there have been 21,500 applications for refunds received and 20,000 refund payments made, with a total value of £15,825,000. Therefore the estimated value of ET fees that have yet to be reimbursed is in the order of £17m as of 30 September 2018. Details of the number and value of refunds paid are included in the MoJ’s regular quarterly statistical bulletin ‘Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly.’ The most recent bulletin was published on 13 December 2018. The next bulletin is due to be published on 14 March 2019.</p><p>The refund scheme was announced on 20<sup>th</sup> October 2017 through an article on the gov.uk website, letters to parliamentarians, and disseminated information through partners such as trades unions, the Law Society and the Citizens Advice Bureau. In April 2018, we wrote to everyone entitled to a refund and who had not yet applied, as well as interested MPs, to ensure they are aware of the scheme and how to apply. This was completed in July 2018. We will continue to monitor the progress of the refund scheme going forward.</p><p>The average length of time from receipt to payment for a single refund application, where the required information has been provided and is submitted online is working 5 working days. For those refund applications submitted by post the average length of time is 10 working days.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 228750 228752 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1082338

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is for the completion of claims made under the employment tribunal fee refund scheme in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	228752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated cost of refunding the fees, with interest, is around £33m, plus administration costs. From the launch of the employment tribunal fee refund scheme on 15 November 2017 to 30 September 2018 (the latest available data), there have been 21,500 applications for refunds received and 20,000 refund payments made, with a total value of £15,825,000. Therefore the estimated value of ET fees that have yet to be reimbursed is in the order of £17m as of 30 September 2018. Details of the number and value of refunds paid are included in the MoJ’s regular quarterly statistical bulletin ‘Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly.’ The most recent bulletin was published on 13 December 2018. The next bulletin is due to be published on 14 March 2019.</p><p>The refund scheme was announced on 20<sup>th</sup> October 2017 through an article on the gov.uk website, letters to parliamentarians, and disseminated information through partners such as trades unions, the Law Society and the Citizens Advice Bureau. In April 2018, we wrote to everyone entitled to a refund and who had not yet applied, as well as interested MPs, to ensure they are aware of the scheme and how to apply. This was completed in July 2018. We will continue to monitor the progress of the refund scheme going forward.</p><p>The average length of time from receipt to payment for a single refund application, where the required information has been provided and is submitted online is working 5 working days. For those refund applications submitted by post the average length of time is 10 working days.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 228750 228751 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

935019

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunal claimants have been repaid since the supreme court decision in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	161203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of refunds of Employment Tribunal fees repaid as at 31 March was 7,700.</p><p>More up to date details of the number and value of refunds paid by the Ministry of will be published in September.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2018 16:28:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

914815

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to abolish employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	149027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>On 26 July 2017, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor in which the court quashed fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Employment Tribunal fees were stopped in light of the judgment and, on 15 November a scheme to refund all those who had paid was launched. A review is being conducted on how we charge fees in light of Unison details on the proposed approach will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/06/2018 16:50:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley