§ Mr. McDonnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the list of names of employers who have been found to have breached the anti-discrimination legislation at an industrial tribunal and the amount of compensation awarded. [15014]
§ Dr. ReidFigures for industrial tribunal applications are held centrally only for those brought by members of the Armed Forces. Figures for cases brought by civilian employees of the Department are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
All cases brought before an industrial tribunal name the Ministry of Defence as the main respondent but separate figures for each of the Armed forces can be identified. The cost of awards made by industrial tribunals against the Armed Forces for discrimination, excluding those made to women who received compensation arising out of their unlawful dismissal on grounds of pregnancy, are as follows:
£ Royal Navy 65,000 Army Nil Royal Air Force 10,000 In addition, the Ministry of Defence has settled a number of claims either prior to or during industrial tribunal hearings as follows:
£ Royal Navy 191,000 Army 777,300 Royal Air Force 31,944 In the case of those women unlawfully dismissed from the Services on grounds of pregnancy the average award was £11,445. The overall figures were as follows:
£ Royal Navy 13,898,746.38 Army 21,760,119.65 Royal Air Force 21,612,724.84