§ Lord Wedderburn of Charltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications were made to industrial or employment tribunals in each of the years from 1972 to 2003; and what were the median amounts of compensation awarded in each year in each of the jurisdictions covering unfair dismissal, sex discrimination and race discrimination. [HL4997]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)Please find attached a table which shows the number of tribunal applications registered by the Employment Tribunals Service in Great Britain in each of the years from 1973 to 2003. We are unable to provide statistics for 1972.
The second table provides a breakdown of the median amounts of compensation awarded for unfair dismissal, sex discrimination and race discrimination in each year from 1990 to 2003. Information prior to 1990 is not readily accessible and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
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Year Registered Tribunal Applications 2002–03 98,617 2001–02 112,227 2000–01 130,408 1999–2000 103,935
Year Registered Tribunal Applications 1998–99 91,913 1997–98 80,435 1996–97 88,910 1995–96 108,827 1994–95 88,061 1993–94 71,661 1992–93 71,821 1991–92 67,448 1990–91 43,243 1989–90 34,697 1988–89 28,832 1987–88 31,414 1986–87 38,727 1985–86 35,964 1985¹ 36,468 1984 39,824 1983 39,939 1982 43,645 1981 44,831 1980 41,403 1979 41,221 1978 43,312 1977 46,968 1976 47,644 1975 35,915 1974 16,443 1973 14,472 ¹ The information on the number of applications registered prior to 1985–86 is only available on a yearly basis. Source: Employment Tribunals Service and Labour Market Trends/Employment Gazette.
Year Unfair Dismissal £ Sex Discrimination £ Race Discriminaion £ 2002–03 3,225 5,000 7,942 2001–02 2,563 5,000 5,263 2000–01 2,744 5,499 8,012 1999–2000 2,515 2,180 2,378 1998–99 2,388 4,044 5,000 1997–98 2,422 2,869 4,555 1996–97¹ Not Available Not Available Not Available 1995–96 2,499 2,708 2,714 1994–95 3,289 5,700 2,750 1993–94 2,773 2,999 3,499 1992–93 2,616 1,416 3,333 1991–92 2,428 1,725 1,374 1990–91 1,773 1,142 1,749 ¹ Due to changes in the Employment Tribunals Service computerised records in 1996, statistics for 1996–97 are not available. Source: Employment Tribunals Service and Labour Market Trends.