Constitutional Affairs written question – answered at on 1 September 2004.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many cases against the Department, the agencies for which it is responsible and its predecessor organisations have been brought to employment tribunals in each year since 1997 in relation to (a) equal pay, (b) sex discrimination, (c) race discrimination, (d) disability discrimination and (e) unfair dismissal; how many cost awards were made against (i) respondents and (ii) applicants; and how much has been spent (A) settling and (B) contesting claims.
pursuant to his reply,
I listed in my previous answer the total number of cases in respect of each type issued since 1997. This answer failed to list the numbers of cases by year. The breakdown of those cases by type and year is shown in the following table.
(a) Equal pay | (b) Sex discrimination | (c) Race discrimination | (d) Disability discrimination | (e) Unfair dismissal | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
1998 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
1999 | — | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
2000 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
2001 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
2002 | — | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 34 |
2003 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
2004 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Total | 1 | 34 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 113 |
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