§ Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of applications to industrial tribunals under section 58 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 in the period of 1984 to 1988 and indicate how many were complaints under section 58(1)(a) and (b) compared with the number under section 58(1)(c); and if he will give the outcome of these cases under the two separate categories and indicate(a) the number of Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service conciliated settlements, (b) withdrawal, not via Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, (c) successful at tribunal hearing, (d) dismissed at tribunal out of scope, (e) dismissed at tribunal hearing, other reasons and (f) disposed of otherwise.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information, which is available in the form requested only from 1985 onwards, is set out in the tables:
settlements, (b) withdrawal not via the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, (c) successful at tribunal hearing, (d) dismissed at tribunal out of scope, (e) dismissed at tribunal hearing, other reasons and (f) disposed of otherwise, respectively.
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§ Mr. NichollsMost of the information is not available in the form requested, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Such information as is available is set out in the tables:
Table 1—Applications registered:1 1987–88 1988–89 Applications registered 60 149 1 The figures in this table refer to applications under sections 27, 28, 29, 31 and 31A of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. Separate figures for applications under section 27 are not available.
Table 2—Outcomes of cases falling under section 27: 1987–88 1988–89 ACAS—settlement 2 2 Other—withdrawal 14 147 Successful 2 2 Dismissed—out of scope 3 — Dismissed—other reasons 4 3 Disposed of otherwise — — Total 25 54 1 Includes multiple application of 28.