§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide figures for each year since 115W 1979 for Scotland, Wales and each of the standard regions for (a) the total number of applications to industrial tribunals, (b) the total number of the above cases in which the applicant was successful and (c) the total cost of operating industrial tribunals.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 25 November 1988]: The available information on the number of registered applications and the total cost of operating the tribunals for the calendar years 1979–85 is as follows:
Applications Registered Annual Cost England and Wales Wales and Scotland £ England and Wales Scotland 1979–80 34,225 4,768 5,998,000 1980–81 38,596 5,174 7,301,000 1981–82 39,193 4,810 8,346,000 1982–83 39,073 4,587 9,287,000 1983–84 35,890 4,069 9,880,000 1984–85 35,640 4,179 9,774,000 We have more detailed statistics for the regional offices of industrial tribunals in England and Wales and for Scotland for the financial years 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1988 as follows:
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1985–86 1986–87 11987–88 Registered Applications London (South) 2,643 2,947 3,588 Bury St. Edmunds 1,974 1,647 1,719 Birmingham 3,566 3,279 2,356 Bristol 1,874 1,911 1,691 Cardiff 1,728 1,858 1,632 Leeds 2,402 2,135 4,295 Manchester 2,919 2,566 3,968 Newcastle 2,387 2,016 1,549 Nottingham 1,904 2,069 1,670 Sheffield2 1,536 1,504 NIL Liverpool2 2,509 1,962 NIL Southampton 1,543 1,515 1,992 London (North) 2,428 2,236 2,661 London (Central)2 4,836 6,941 NIL Scotland 4,344 3,843 3,684 Total 38,593 38,429 30,543 Number of successful applications London (South) 307 312 405 Bury St. Edmunds 413 268 254 Birmingham 597 544 408 Bristol 215 268 224 Cardiff 227 228 217 Leeds 381 335 364 Manchester 427 347 486 Newcastle 432 538 285 Nottingham 296 287 215 Sheffield2 198 214 102 Liverpool2 312 347 NIL Southampton 260 247 232 London (North) 346 398 372 London (Central)2 298 292 NIL Scotland 696 707 627 Total 5,405 5,332 4,191 Tribunal Expenditure £ £ £ London (South) 1,201,622 1,072,845 1,250,590 Bury St. Edmunds 588,266 665,002 626,769 Birmingham 903,776 945,079 931,568 Bristol 507,318 549,131 566,638 Cardiff 511,567 571,578 599,971 Leeds 650,217 676,256 1,103,130 Manchester 743,200 817,474 1,473,268
1985–86 1986–87 11987–88 Newcastle 586,798 603,130 578,053 Nottingham 467,279 540,106 526,056 Sheffield2 415,915 465,753 Nil Liverpool2 628,629 680,480 Nil London (North) 1,158,352 963,731 978,660 London (Central)2 1,233,966 1,344,181 Nil Scotland 1,410,100 1,467,399 1,656,100 2 Nil return for 1988 due to closure of offices. 1 Provisional figure.