§ Ms. HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases were brought before industrial tribunals in each year since 1979 under(a) the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, provisions relating to (1) unfair dismissal, (2) redundancy pay, (3) contract of employment, (4) trade union activities and (5) other provisions, (b) the Equal Pay Act 3970, (c) the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, (d) the Race Relations Act 1976, (e) the Employment Act 1980, (f) the Employment Act 1988 and (g) the Wages Act 1986 and (h) the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe following tables show the information available on applications in Great Britain. Before 1 April 1985 the information was collected in
EqPA SDA RRA EA80 EA88 WA TUPE 1991–92 887 2,684 1,375 1 11 9,691 17 1990–91 612 1,936 1,178 10 15 6,237 32 1989–90 1,195 1,029 1,084 19 212 5,416 20 1988–89 583 903 1,025 11 — 2,628 14 1987–88 1,823 679 762 8 — 1,782 7 1986–87 614 612 681 12 — 34 6 1985–86 1,708 430 649 15 — — 7 11985 76 96 182 6 — — — 1984 350 376 2,950 20 — — n/a 1983 1,258 353 540 n/a — — n/a 1982 788 406 550 n/a — — n/a 1981 92 296 525 n/a — — n/a 1980 81 486 474 n/a — — n/a 1979 191 277 622 n/a — — n/a 1 January to March. Note:jurisdiction codes are as follows:
UD—unfiar dismissal,
RP—redundancy payment,
TU Activities—trade union activities,
EPCA Others—other provisions of the Employment. Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978,
338Wcalendar years. Since then it has been collected in financial years. The industrial tribunals do not currently have the Industrial Tribunals jurisdiction to hear contract of employment claims.
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Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 Unfair dismissal Redundancy pay Trade union activities EPCA others 1991–92 40,403 8,505 775 2,043 1990–91 25,525 4,575 849 1,563 1989–90 19,846 3,203 470 1,627 1988–89 19,336 2,431 387 1,636 1987–88 19,911 2,674 550 1,692 1986–87 25,298 3,236 5,213 1,733 1985–86 25,718 3,732 917 1,736 11985 7,186 865 183 426 1984 30,326 3,685 N/a 3,526 1983 31,541 3,778 N/a 2,213 1982 34,960 3,898 N/a 2,601 1981 37,398 3,713 N/a 2,514 1980 33,585 4,303 N/a 2,206 1979 35,255 2,366 N/a 2,255 1 January—March EqPA—Equal Pay Act 1970,
SDA—Sex Discrimination Act 1975,
EA80—Employment Act 1980,
EA88—Employment Act 1988,
WA—Wages Act 1986,
TUPE—Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.
n/a denotes that the information is not available.