§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications were made to industrial tribunals since the beginning of 1989 in which the grounds of the application was wholly or partly based on a claim that the applicant had been disadvantaged in, or dismissed from, his employment because of his trade union membership; and how many of these cases resulted in a decision in favour of the applicant.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe figures are as follows:
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Registered applications 513 709 475 411 Decision in favour of applicant 95 30 25 — I regret that figures for the outcome of hearings are not yet available for 1992–93.
§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications have been made to industrial tribunals since the beginning of 1989; how many resulted in a hearing; and how many resulted in decisions in favour of the applicant.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe figures are as follows: 737W
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Registered applications 34,697 43,243 67,448 71,821 Hearings 10,229 11,430 13,773 — Decision in favour of applicant 4,598 5,503 7,017 — I regret that the figures for hearings and their outcome are not yet available for 1992–93.
The majority of applications to tribunals do not come to hearing, being settled or withdrawn, often after conciliation by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.