§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the study commissioned by his Department on the unfair dismissal provisions, and the employment consequences of any changes.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyYes. Publication of the findings of the research undertaken by the University of Manchester institute of science and technology into the operation of recent individual employment legislation is planned for later this year. It will be published in the Department of Employment research paper series and a copy will be placed in the House of Commons Library.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications there were to industrial tribunals for unfair dismissal due to trade union membership or trade union activities for the years 1982, 1983 and 1984; how many cases were actually heard in each year; and in how many of such cases the claimant was successful.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe best information available for the years 1982 and 1983 is as follows. Figures for 1984 are not yet available.
1982 1983 Number of applications 820 357 Number of applications withdrawn/settlement agreed 694 225 Applications heard by industrial tribunals 126 132 Number of successful applicants 21 21
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications there were to industrial tribunals for unfair dismissal due to nonmembership of a trade union for the years 1982, 1983 and
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Committee Chairman Date Appointed Date Reported Committee on Children and Young Persons Viscount Ingleby 3 October 1956 HMSO, 1960 (Cmnd. 1191) Departmental Committee on Proceedings before Examining Justices Lord Tucker 1 June 1957 HMSO, 1958 (Cmnd. 479) Committee on Remuneration and Conditions of Service of certain grades in the Prison Services Justice Wynn-Parry 8 October 1957 HMSO, 1958 (Cmnd. 544) Committee of Inquiry into the Fishing Industry Alexander Fleck 27 November 1957 HMSO, 1960 (Cmnd. 1266) Inter-departmental Committee on the Business of the Criminal Courts Justice Streatfield 17 June 1958 HMSO, 1961 (Cmnd. 1289) Departmental Committee on Matrimonial Proceedings Mr. Justice Davies 5 July 1958 HMSO, 1959 (Cmnd. 638) Departmental Committee on Human Artificial Insemination Earl of Feversham 3 September 1958 HMSO, 1960 (Cmnd. 1105) Departmental Comrnittee on the Probation Service Sir Ronald Morison, QC 27 May 1959 HMSO, 1961 (Cmnd. 1650) 1962 (Cmnd. 1800) 1984; how many cases were actually heard in each year; and in how many of such cases the claimant was successful.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe best information available for the years 1982 and 1983 is as follows. Figures for 1984 are not yet available.
1982 1983 Number of applications 6 15 Number of applications withdrawn/settlement agreed 4 8 Applications heard by industrial tribunals 2 7 Number of successful applications 0 3
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications to the industrial tribunals for unfair dismissal had between one and two years' continuous service in 1982, 1983 and 1984.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTotal figures are not available. On the basis of a sample analysis of complaints of unfair dismissal for the calendar years 1982 and 1983, it is estimated that the following number of complaints were from applicants who had between one and two years' continuous service:
Year Number of complaints 1982 7,870 1983 5,840 These figures should be treated with caution because of the margin of error inherent in any sample. Figures are not yet available for 1984.