§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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 was to his Department of litigation in each year. [41117]
§ Mr. LeslieThe information is provided in the following table.
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 (a) Cabinet Office Tribunals Number of cases 11 0 0 0 0 11 Cases won 1 — — — — 1 Cost of litigation £3,643 — — — — £1,307 Courts Number of cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 (b) Agencies1 Tribunals Number of cases 0 0 0 3 0 0 Cases won — — — 2 — — Cost of litigation — — — £15,453 — — Courts Number of cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Denotes same case. Notes:
Figures given are for current Cabinet Office agencies and the year the case was settled.
The information for 2002 includes cases heard up to 28 February.
The figures are supplied by the Treasury Solicitor's Department, which is responsible for litigation on behalf of the Cabinet Office.