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<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>
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