§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what time the 10 and 90 percentiles and median cases for(a) industrial tribunal and (b) employment appeal tribunal decisions took from first application, in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. McLoughlinI regret that the information is not readily available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The average length of time for an appeal to come to hearing at the employment appeal tribunal in England and Wales is two years and in Scotland five months. The table shows the percentage of cases coming to first hearing at the industrial tribunals in various given periods of time for the 12 months ended 31 March 1992:
Percentage Less than England and Wales Scotland 10 weeks 10 8 12 weeks 20 24 16 weeks 41 55 20 weeks 61 75 26 weeks 80 90