§ Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress(a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its sponsored bodies have made with the production of equal pay action plans. [16139]
§ Ms HewittThe Department itself, its agencies and sponsored bodies are at various stages of reviewing their pay systems. Some have recently designed pay systems with equal pay issues in mind. In a number of cases equal pay action plans have already been developed and initial action has been taken. In others, action plans will be produced to address equal pay issues that emerge.
§ Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many like work equal pay cases have been considered by employment tribunals in the period between 1995 and 2000; and what was the outcome of each case. [16138]
§ Alan JohnsonThe table sets out the information requested.
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Equal pay cases Year Number of cases registered Settled by ACAS Withdrawn Successful at hearing Dismissed at hearing (out of scope) Dismissed at hearing (other) Disposed of (other) Total number disposed of 1995–96 1,482 128 456 36 15 31 28 694 1996–97 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1997–98 1,845 253 1069 18 73 70 1,483 — 1998–99 5,018 517 650 7 309 47 1,530 — 1999–2000 2,391 229 233 9 26 75 18 590 2000–01 6,586 208 936 11 9 35 89 1,288 1 Due to changes to the database system of the ETS in 1996, statistics for 1996–97 are not available. Note:
The figures for 1997–2001 include a large proportion of part-time worker pension cases that are extant.
Source:
Employment Tribunals Service