Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. [277415]
Mr. Straw:
The data are only held centrally for the two years since the creation of the Ministry of Justice. To obtain the data now for the year 2006-07 would incur disproportionate costs.
In each of the last two years, the following numbers of claims were issued at the Employment Tribunal against the Ministry of Justice:
Number of claims
2007-08
Total Claims issued
306
Age Discrimination
19
Disability Discrimination
41
Equal Pay
58
Maternity Leave Pay
1
Non-standard Casework
1
Pension Rights
2
Race Discrimination
16
Sexual Discrimination
35
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
1
Terms of Employment
3
Trade Union Activity
3
TUPE
1
Unfair/Constructive Dismissal
91
Wages Claim
28
Whistleblowing
4
Working Time Regulations
2
2008-09
Total Claims issued
215
Age Discrimination
5
Disability Discrimination
34
Equal Pay
3
Maternity Leave Pay
1
Non-standard Casework
4
Other
5
Race Discrimination
13
Sexual Discrimination
27
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
1
Terms of Employment
8
Trade Union Activity
4
Unfair/Constructive Dismissal
88
Wages Claim
20
Working Time Regulations
2
In 2007-08 the MoJ employed 78,789 people and in 2008-09, 81,402.
All of these claims were defended by the Ministry at the initial stage in the process, although some were subsequently settled. The outcome of these Employment Tribunals for 2007-08 and 2008-09 is shown in the following table.
21 July 2009 : Column 1377W
MoJ Won
MoJ Lost
Settled
Outstanding
Total
2007-08
Age Discrimination
6
0
3
10
19
Disability Discrimination
16
0
11
14
41
Equal Pay
2
0
0
(1)56
58
Maternity Leave Pay
0
0
1
0
1
Non-Standard Casework
0
0
1
0
1
Pension Rights
2
0
0
0
2
Race Discrimination
10
1
0
5
16
Sexual Discrimination
11
1
7
16
35
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
0
0
1
0
1
Terms of Employment
0
0
0
3
3
Trade Union Activity
3
0
0
0
3
TUPE
1
0
0
0
1
Unfair/Constructive Dismissal
38
2
25
26
91
Wages Claim
10
1
10
7
28
Whistleblowing
0
1
1
2
4
Working Time Regulations
0
0
1
1
2
Total
99
6
61
140
306
2008-09
Age Discrimination
0
0
0
5
5
Disability Discrimination
5
0
4
25
34
Equal Pay
0
0
0
3
3
Maternity Leave Pay
0
0
0
1
1
Non-Standard Casework
0
0
1
3
4
Other
1
0
1
3
5
Pension Rights
0
0
0
0
0
Race Discrimination
4
0
2
7
13
Sexual Discrimination
3
0
4
20
27
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
0
0
0
1
1
Terms of Employment
1
0
0
7
8
Trade Union Activity
2
0
0
2
4
TUPE
0
0
0
0
0
Unfair/Constructive Dismissal
18
0
9
61
88
Wages Claim
7
0
3
10
20
Whistleblowing
0
0
0
0
0
Working Time Regulations
0
0
1
1
2
Total
41
0
25
149
215
(1) 19 of these cases showing as outstanding have actually been finalised, but the outcomes have not yet been updated. The results are awaited from the Treasury Solicitor.
