HM Courts & Tribunals Service can only provide data for the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2019.<\/p>
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The number of outstanding employment tribunal cases is a snapshot of data taken at a specific point in time and cannot be re-run retrospectively. While data at a national level can be found in the published statistics retrospective reporting at office level in line with the published statistics are not available prior to 2013.<\/p>
The number of outstanding employment tribunal cases by employment tribunal office since 2013 are outlined in the table below.<\/p>
ALL CASES1,2<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr> OFFICE<\/strong><\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2013<\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2014<\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2015<\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2016<\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2017<\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2018<\/p><\/td> As at 31 March 2019<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Birmingham<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 44910<\/p><\/td> 48996<\/p><\/td> 39792<\/p><\/td> 38727<\/p><\/td> 37682<\/p><\/td> 39157<\/p><\/td> 38900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottingham<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4399<\/p><\/td> 5678<\/p><\/td> 4663<\/p><\/td> 4404<\/p><\/td> 3981<\/p><\/td> 4742<\/p><\/td> 4660<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leeds<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13302<\/p><\/td> 14090<\/p><\/td> 10260<\/p><\/td> 6679<\/p><\/td> 3101<\/p><\/td> 5332<\/p><\/td> 6830<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Manchester<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 23293<\/p><\/td> 17070<\/p><\/td> 17117<\/p><\/td> 15650<\/p><\/td> 17314<\/p><\/td> 39642<\/p><\/td> 48507<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newcastle<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 29331<\/p><\/td> 24945<\/p><\/td> 17594<\/p><\/td> 11495<\/p><\/td> 7556<\/p><\/td> 5189<\/p><\/td> 4895<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aberdeen<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2954<\/p><\/td> 3112<\/p><\/td> 2958<\/p><\/td> 3396<\/p><\/td> 3046<\/p><\/td> 2890<\/p><\/td> 2524<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dundee<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 6749<\/p><\/td> 6098<\/p><\/td> 6367<\/p><\/td> 6626<\/p><\/td> 4697<\/p><\/td> 3947<\/p><\/td> 3430<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Edinburgh<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 6063<\/p><\/td> 2273<\/p><\/td> 3302<\/p><\/td> 2993<\/p><\/td> 3055<\/p><\/td> 2905<\/p><\/td> 2599<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Glasgow<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 63651<\/p><\/td> 56561<\/p><\/td> 66814<\/p><\/td> 64128<\/p><\/td> 56176<\/p><\/td> 58236<\/p><\/td> 75053<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London Central<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 12448<\/p><\/td> 13539<\/p><\/td> 13720<\/p><\/td> 22369<\/p><\/td> 30152<\/p><\/td> 36758<\/p><\/td> 39036<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London South<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 349709<\/p><\/td> 259614<\/p><\/td> 13126<\/p><\/td> 4872<\/p><\/td> 5940<\/p><\/td> 7600<\/p><\/td> 9546<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East London<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4666<\/p><\/td> 3386<\/p><\/td> 2965<\/p><\/td> 3364<\/p><\/td> 3551<\/p><\/td> 3140<\/p><\/td> 3864<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Watford<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3485<\/p><\/td> 3191<\/p><\/td> 3763<\/p><\/td> 28922<\/p><\/td> 74175<\/p><\/td> 108293<\/p><\/td> 144008<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bristol<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1927<\/p><\/td> 3453<\/p><\/td> 5018<\/p><\/td> 14396<\/p><\/td> 14452<\/p><\/td> 14911<\/p><\/td> 15199<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14517<\/p><\/td> 10991<\/p><\/td> 6860<\/p><\/td> 4278<\/p><\/td> 3593<\/p><\/td> 3593<\/p><\/td> 3725<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> HMCTS has been working with the tribunal's judiciary to support additional judges to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal. 58 (or 51.5 full time equivalents) salaried employment judges took up positions from April 2019.<\/p> 1<\/sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.<\/p> 2<\/sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer.<\/p> All data were taken from the employment tribunal\u2019s central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change.<\/p> Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available at the time of publication.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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