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1716643

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the time limits for bringing claims before employment tribunals.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to look closely at these important issues. While we have noted the recommendations of the Law Commission, any decision to change current procedures must fully consider the impact this will have on the tribunal system, which remains under pressure, as well as the effect on Acas, who are responsible for conducting early conciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL4450 HL4451 HL4454 HL4577 HL4578 HL4579 HL4580 HL4581 HL4582 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:38:49 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1716644

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for increasing the £25,000 limit on employment tribunals’ contractual jurisdiction in respect of claims by employees to £100,000, and thereafter maintaining it at parity with the financial limit upon bringing contractual claims in the county court.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to look closely at these important issues. While we have noted the recommendations of the Law Commission, any decision to change current procedures must fully consider the impact this will have on the tribunal system, which remains under pressure, as well as the effect on Acas, who are responsible for conducting early conciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL4449 HL4451 HL4454 HL4577 HL4578 HL4579 HL4580 HL4581 HL4582 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:38:49 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1716645

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for giving employment tribunals jurisdiction to determine claims and counterclaims for damages or sums due in respect of the provision by an employer of living accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to look closely at these important issues. While we have noted the recommendations of the Law Commission, any decision to change current procedures must fully consider the impact this will have on the tribunal system, which remains under pressure, as well as the effect on Acas, who are responsible for conducting early conciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL4449 HL4450 HL4454 HL4577 HL4578 HL4579 HL4580 HL4581 HL4582 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:38:49 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1716682

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for giving employment tribunals the same jurisdiction to determine breach of contract claims in relation to workers within the meaning of section 230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as they have in relation to employees within the meaning of section 230(1) of the Act.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to look closely at these important issues. While we have noted the recommendations of the Law Commission, any decision to change current procedures must fully consider the impact this will have on the tribunal system, which remains under pressure, as well as the effect on Acas, who are responsible for conducting early conciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL4449 HL4450 HL4451 HL4577 HL4578 HL4579 HL4580 HL4581 HL4582 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:38:49 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1697589

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the use of compensatory uplifts by Employment Tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	19629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Under section 207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, Employment Tribunals have the power to increase an employee’s compensation by up to 25% if an employer unreasonably fails to comply with a relevant Code of Practice.</p><p>The use of compensatory uplift by Employment Tribunals is a matter of judicial discretion based on the facts of each case.</p><p>Data on the use of compensatory uplifts by Employment Tribunals is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/03/2024 16:50:53 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1606051

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) implementing the Law Commission’s April 2020 recommendations and (b) extending the time limit for all Employment Tribunal claims to 6 months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	170606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the Law Commission’s report on Employment Law Hearing Structures and is keeping the recommendations made, under consideration. While the time limit for bringing most claims is three months, tribunals have the discretion to provide extensions. We believe that the current approach, taken on a case by basis, is the most proportionate at this time</p><p><br> The Government continues to look closely at extending the time limit for bringing Equality Act 2010 based cases to the employment tribunal and are looking to assess the impact of such a change on all aspects of the Employment Tribunal System. Any decision will need to take account of the effect on the wider justice system and on the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/03/2023 16:04:35 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606151

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) warning notices, and (2) financial penalty notices, were issued to respondent employers under section 150 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for failure to pay an employment tribunal award in each year since 2016–17, including 2022–23 to date; how many of those financial penalties (a) have been paid, and (b) remain unpaid; how many previously unpaid awards have been recovered following (i) the issuing of a warning notice only, and (ii) the issuing of both a warning notice and a financial penalty notice; and how much money has been recovered for claimants in total in each category.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL6685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>While we do hold data on Employment Tribunal Penalties, this is derived from a live case management system and has not been subject to sufficient validation that would be required for us to release this to Parliament at this time. We will give consideration to what data we may be able to publish on this subject in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 04/04/2023 12:19:52 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1601509

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
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 cost of the provision of non-legal members to Employment Tribunals was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	159079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Expenditure by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service attributed to non-legal members in the Employment Tribunal in 5 financial years from 2017-18 to 2021-22:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>3.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>4.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Expenditure includes member fees, associated pension, travel, and subsistence costs. It does not include costs of training non-legal members incurred by Judicial Office, nor the cost of employer’s national insurance contribution incurred in respect of non-legal members as these cannot be disaggregated from costs for all fee-paid members.</p><p>The increase in expenditure in 2021-22 followed the implementation of a pension scheme for non-legal members. A change to eligibility meant non-legal members were offered access to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) pension scheme, with costs reflected from April 2021.</p><p>The expenditure excludes backdated pension contributions paid to Employment Tribunal non-legal members covering their eligibility for the period November 2012 - March 2020; which cannot be disaggregated from costs for all jurisdictions (£7.09m for all jurisdictions).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/03/2023 08:46:24 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1587539

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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 average length of time for a claimant taking a claim for unfair dismissal from beginning to end through employment tribunal was in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	148758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 28/02/2023 13:28:09 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1587540

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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 average time between a claimant receiving their employment tribunal claim and the completion of their hearings was in each year from 2010 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	148759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The average timeliness for Employment Tribunal cases is published and can be found on the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data is only available from October 2012 to March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 28/02/2023 13:29:09 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders