§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give his initial estimate of the number of applications to industrial tribunals for the years 1990–91 and for the year 1991–92, the number of tribunals actually registered for 1990–91 and the most up to date figures for the year 1991–92, the original allocation for running costs in both these years and the final total.
§ Mr. ForthThe figures are as follows:
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1990–91 1991–92 Applications registered 43,243 161,762 Cases heard 11,864 213,344 Original allocation £11,402,160 £12,320,232 Total running cost expenditure £12,222,824
1 (to end of February). 2 (to end of January). The total running cost expenditure for the industrial tribunals in 1991–92 will not be known until the end of the current financial year.