§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications were made to United Kingdom industrial tribunals for each year since 1979; how many of those applications involved claims for equal pay for work of equal value; how many separate employers were involved in each year; how many 227W employees were involved in each year; how many of those employees were women; and how many cases were successful.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe available information, which relates to Great Britain, is set out in the table. The number of employees is the same as the number of applications. I regret that figures for the number of separate employers and the number of women applicants are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The majority of applications disposed of do not reach an industrial tribunal hearing, being settled under the auspices of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service or withdrawn.
1 Applications registered All jurisdictions 2 Applications registered Equal Pay Act1 3 Successful applications Equal pay Act1 1979 41,244 191 n/a 1980 41,424 81 n/a 1981 44,852 92 n/a 1982 43,660 788 n/a 1983 39,959 1,258 n/a 1984–85 39,191 350 n/a 1985–86 38,593 1,708 37 1986–87 38,385 612 44 1987–88 30,543 1,823 7 1988–89 29,304 583 14 1989–90 34,697 1,195 33 1990–91 43,243 612 10 1991–92 67,448 887 25 1992–93 71,821 707 n/a 1 The statistics for applications under the Equal Pay Act cover all applications under this Act, not only those involving equal value cases. They are in financial years after 1983. 2 Provisional.