HC Deb 28 November 1988 vol 142 cc114-6W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide figures for each year since 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:

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.

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