§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in employment tribunal cases where parties were required to pay a deposit, what the mean average deposit was at a preliminary hearing as a condition of continuing to proceed with the case in(a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000. [20660]
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§ Alan Johnson[holding answer 4 December 2001]The mean average deposit required at a pre-hearing review as a condition of continuing to proceed with the case was:
Year £ 1998 89.51 1999 83.31 2000 95.82
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunal claims, where a deposit at a preliminary hearing was required as a condition of proceeding, were proceeded to a full hearing in(a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000, broken down by deposits required from applicants and respondents; and in how many such cases (i) the claimant won and (ii) the case was withdrawn and (iii) the case was settled before a full hearing. [20661]
§ Alan Johnson[holding answer 4 December 2001]Most of the information requested is displayed in the table.
1998 >1999 2000 Number of cases which withdrew after a PHR deposit order 6 1 1 Number of cases which settled after a PHR deposit order 11 1 7 Number of cases which proceeded to a full hearing after a PHR deposit order 30 9 7 Of which, successful at full hearing 8 1 1 The ETS database cannot provide information according to whether the deposit was required by an applicant or respondent.
A claim may be brought under more than one jurisdiction or subsequently amended/clarified in the course of proceedings, but will only be counted once in the table (against the main jurisdiction).
Source:
employment Tribunals Service