§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases(a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. [41109]
§ Dr John ReidNorthern Ireland Office did not defend any industrial tribunal cases in the years concerned.
498WThe information in respect of court cases is not held in the format requested. However, between 1997 and 2002, 12 cases were defended, four of which were concluded in the Department's favour.
The return for Agencies is as follows:
year Cases Defended Concluded in favour of Agency Industrial Tribunals 1997 1 1 1998 3 3 1999 1 1 2000 - - 2001 1 1 2002 - - Courts 1997 13 9 1998 22 20 1999 19 15 2000 30 19 2001 20 10 2002 - -