Equal Opportunities (Hansard, 27 March 1996)

§ Mr. Jonathan Evans

The Lord Chancellor is responsible for four executive agencies. As this is an operational matter, I have asked the chief executives of the Land Registry and of the Public Record Office to reply direct. The chief executives of the Public Trust Office and 631W of the Court Service, which became executive agencies during the period specified in the question, will reply direct in respect of the period since their creation. In respect of the Lord Chancellor's Department and all other organisations for which he is responsible, no payments to staff or former staff for breaches of equal opportunities have been made over the last three years.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Mr. David Shaw, dated 27 March 1996: The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply in respect of the Court Service to your Question about equal opportunities breaches and tribunals. Since the Court Service was established, on 3 April 1995, it has made no payments in respect of alleged equal opportunities breaches which did not proceed to tribunals or courts. The Court Service has paid £3,000 in respect of cases that did proceed to tribunals or courts.

Letter from Julia C. Lomas to Mr. David Shaw, dated 27 March 1996: The Parliamentary Secretary has asked me to reply to you as part of the Lord Chancellor's Department's response to your Parliamentary Question, listed on 21 March 1996 regarding amounts paid out in the current year and the two preceding years for equal opportunities breaches proceeding to tribunals or courts, and for alleged breaches which did not so proceed. The figures are as follows:-

1993–4: Nil
1994–5: Nil
1995–6: Nil.

Letter from John Manthorpe to Mr. David Shaw, dated 27 March 1996: I have been asked by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to reply to your recent question requesting details of monies paid out to staff or former staff in respect of alleged equal opportunities breaches. I can inform you that no monies have been paid out by HM Land Registry in such circumstances.

Letter from Sarah Tyacke to Mr. David Shaw, dated 27 March 1996: I have been asked by the Lord Chancellor's Parliamentary Secretary to reply for the Public Record Office to your question about equal opportunities breaches. The Public Record Office has made no payments to staff or former staff in respect of (i) alleged equal opportunities breaches which do not proceed to tribunals or courts or (ii) equal opportunities breaches which proceeded to tribunals or courts, in (1) the current year or (2) the two previous years.