HC Deb 27 January 1999 vol 324 c282W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of(a) chairmen and (b) wing members of industrial tribunals are women. [67742]

Mr. Ian McCartney

The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 renamed industrial tribunals as employment tribunals from 1 August 1998.

The current percentage of women who are (a) employment tribunal chairmen (including the Presidents) is 15.4 per cent. and (b) lay members is 29.5 per cent.