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Recently updated figures show that in financial year (FY) 2010-11, 1,499 employment tribunal and ACAS settlements were passed to High Court enforcement officers. Of those, 418 were paid in full; 49 were paid in part; 66 were paid by instalments; 49 are ongoing; 762 were unenforceable; and, 155 are currently being investigated further.Of the 762 cases individual reasons for non enforcement are set out in the following table:<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><TR><TD>Category</TD><TD>Cases</TD></TR><TR><TD>Unable to make contact with debtor</TD><TD>111</TD></TR><TR><TD>Debtor insolvent</TD><TD>298</TD></TR><TR><TD>Enforcement stopped by order of court</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR><TD>Enforcement stopped by creditor</TD><TD>135</TD></TR><TR><TD>Writ expired¹</TD><TD>169</TD></TR><TR><TD>General—Other reasons</TD><TD>36</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Writs are valid for a period of 12 months from issue</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |