§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 12 February 2001,Official Report, column 178W, on legal action, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts, in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost was to his Department of litigation in each year. [38043]
§ Dr. MoonieDue to the volume of information required to answer this question, I refer the hon. Member to the Ministry of Defence's Claims Annual Report, a copy of which is placed in the Library of the House each year. The report sets out the numbers and costs of those cases handled centrally such as Employer's Liability, Public Liability and Employment Tribunals brought by service personnel.