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156818

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Fees were implemented in the Employment tribunals on 29 July 2013. The implementation project for fees was delivered on time and to budget, and around 70% of employment tribunal claims are now received on-line.</p><p> </p><p>Fees are part of the Government’s broader package of Employment reforms. In particular, we want to encourage people to avoid long drawn out disputes which emotionally damage workers and financially damage businesses. From 6 May, anyone contemplating bringing a claim to the Employment tribunals must first consider ACAS conciliation, which is provided free of charge. The early results are encouraging.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to undertaking a review of Employment tribunal fees and we will be bringing forward our plans on the scope and timing of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/11/2014 17:16:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156822

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of employment tribunal claims for redundancy was between 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215287 215288 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156820

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of employment tribunal claims by women was between 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215288 215289 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156821

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of employment tribunal claims by people with disabilities was between 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215287 215289 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham