§ Mr. McLoughlin:To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunal cases there were in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. [141430]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe:The following table shows the number of tribunal applications registered by the Employment Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom (excluding 103W Northern Ireland) since 1997. We are unable to supply separate statistical information for the geographical areas of West Derbyshire and East Midlands.
Registered tribunal applications 2002–03 98,617 2001–02 112,227 2000–01 130,408 1999–2000 103,935 1998–99 91,913 1997–98 80,435 1996–97 88,910
§ Mr. McLoughlin:To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average amount of an employment tribunal cost award was in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.[141431]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe:The following table shows the average amount of an Employment Tribunal cost award in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) since 1997. We are unable to supply the average amount of an Employment Tribunal cost award for West Derbyshire and East Midlands.
Average cost award (£) 2002–03 1,524 2001–02 983 2000–01 295 1999–2000 1,155 1998–99 743 1997–98 546
§ Mr. McLoughlin:To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average award for compensation in employment tribunal cases was in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. [141432]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe:The Employment Tribunals Service only collects compensation statistics for tribunal cases covering the jurisdictions of Unfair Dismissal, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination and Disability Discrimination. Therefore, the figures quoted in the following table illustrate the average award for compensation in Employment Tribunal cases for the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) since 1997 in relation to the aforementioned complaints. We are unable to supply separate information for West Derbyshire and East Midlands.
Average compensation award (£) 2002–03 7,598 2001–02 7,306 2000–01 5,764 1999–2000 5,734 1998–99 4,449 1997–98 4,894
§ Mr. McLoughlin:To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunal cost awards have been made against (a) respondents 104W and (b) applicants in (i) West Derbyshire, (ii) East Midlands and (iii) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. [141433]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe:The following table illustrates how many Employment Tribunal cost awards have been made against respondents and applicants in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) in the last two financial years. The Employment Tribunals Service did not breakdown the statistics for applicants and respondents prior to 2001–02. We are unable to supply information for West Derbyshire and East Midlands.
2002–03 2001–02 Cost awards against respondent 307 169 Costs awards against applicant 691 467