§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunal cases in each year since 1999 took(a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) 12 months to issue a decision. [147005]
§ Mr. Sutcliffe[holding answer 12 January 2004]For each of the last four financial years, based on the information currently held in the Employment Tribunals Service's statistical database, the number of Employment Tribunal decisions recorded as having been issued three months or more after the hearing date were:
(a) Three to six months (b) Six to nine months (c) Nine to 12 months (d) 12+ months 1999–2000 94 17 6 17 2000–01 142 21 20 14 2001–02 150 32 4 6 2002–03 144 20 4 7 Source: Employment Tribunals Service The Employment Tribunals Service (ETS) has a target to issue 85 per cent. of decisions within four weeks of the final hearing. In each of the last four financial years, ETS achieved the following percentages of decisions issued within that time:
Percentage 1999–2000 84 2000–01 86 2001–02 83 2002–03 86 Source: Employment Tribunals Service.