§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment in how many cases compensation claims to industrial tribunals have exceeded the upper limit laid down by the Government in the past two years; and how many have been settled at or above the limit.
§ Mr. OppenheimI regret that the information is not available.
§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what plans he has to review compensation arrangements for successful applicants against unfair dismissal who win their cases in an industrial tribunal;
(2) when he last reviewed the upper limit for compensation imposed on claims for unfair dismissal settled in the applicant's favour at an industrial tribunal; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. OppenheimFollowing the last review, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced on 17 October 1994, in—"Limits on guaranteed payment and limits on a weeks pay; A report by the Secretary of State for Employment", HC 664, that the limits used for calculating unfair dismissal compensation were not to be
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