§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many claims were made to tribunals under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 for each year since 1979; how many separate employers were involved; how many of those claims were successful; and what was the average amount of compensation awarded in each year.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe details where available are as follows:
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Year Applications under Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Successful applications Median award compensation £ 1979 277 n/a n/a 1980 486 n/a n/a 1981 296 n/a n/a 1982 406 n/a n/a
Year Applications under Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Successful applications Median award compensation £ 1983 353 n/a n/a 1984–85 376 n/a n/a 1985–86 430 39 399 1986–87 612 48 625 1987–88 679 46 792 1988–89 903 78 499 1989–90 1,029 86 1,094 1990–91 1,936 78 1,142 1991–92 2,684 190 11,725 1992–93 4,816 n/a n/a 1 provisional (The information is in financial years for the years after 1983.)
I regret that details of the number of separate employers are not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.