§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of cases heard by industrial tribunals during 1974, and to the latest available date, with the outcome and the number of cases currently outstanding.
§ Mr. John Fraser16,446 applications to industrial tribunals were registered in 1974; in the same period 8,186 applications were withdrawn or settled and 7,019 were determined at a tribunal hearing, 25,757 applications were registered between the beginning of January and 26th September 1975; in that period 12,485 applications were withdrawn or settled and 8,338 were determined at a tribunal hearing. There were 8,935 applications which had not reached the hearing stage on 26th September 1975. On average a tribunal hearing takes place eight or nine weeks after the date of application.
480WInformation about the outcome of tribunal hearing is not readily available except in relation to the unfair dismissal jurisdiction for which the relevant statistics are given in the following table.
OUTCOMES OF TRIBUNAL HEARINGS OF COMPLAINTS OF UNFAIR DISMISSAL 1974 January—June 1975 Total Hearings 3,382 3,208 Cases Dismissed 2,098 1,974 Recommendations of Re-engagement or Reinstatement* 59 72 Awards of Compensation 972 945 Redundancy Payments Awards 272 191 Other Successful Cases† 53 102 * Separate figures for reinstatement were not kept until the last quarter of 1974. There were three recommendations of reinstatement in that quarter and 23 in the first six months of 1975. †Findings of unfair dismissal or unfair dismissal with another remedy apart from those listed in the table. Note: The number of outcomes is more than the number of hearings because in some cases the applicant received more than one remedy.