§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many appeals were submitted to industrial tribunals under the Redundancy Payments Act, 1965, in each of the past three years, or to the nearest convenient date; how many of these appeals were ultimately heard by the tribunals; and in how many cases the employee was successful in seeking an award in his favour.
§ Mr. BryanThe following are the figures:
1968 1969 1970 Number of appeals submitted 9,206 9,759 10,303 Number of appeals heard 7,400 7,085 7,851 I understand that in a sample of cases in 1970, approximately 40 per cent. of employees obtained awards in their favour.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has made of the average length of time taken between an appeal submitted to an industrial tribunal under the Redundancy Payments Act, 1965, and the hearing of the appeal.