§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimates he has made of the annual increase in awards for unfair dismissal under the provisions of the Employment Relations Bill. [69593]
§ Mr. Ian McCartney[holding answer 8 February 1999]: While some of the proposals contained in the Employment Relations Bill are expected to increase the number of applications to Employment Tribunals, others could reduce the number of disputes that result in an application to a Tribunal. We expect the net effect on the total number of applications to be very small. We have not made an estimate specifically of the number of unfair dismissal cases, or of how many of these may be successful at a Tribunal hearing.