HC Deb 17 December 1992 vol 216 cc390-1W
Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases were dealt with by industrial tribunals in each of the past five years.

Mr. McLoughlin

The number of cases dealt with by industrial tribunals—at a hearing, by a settlement or by withdrawal—in the period 1 April 1987 to 31 March 1992 was as follows.

Number
1987–88 34,233
1988–89 29,317
1989–90 31,913
1990–91 35,826
1991–92 41,977