Justice written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) what resources he has allocated to the Tribunals Service to reduce the number of cases waiting to be heard in the latest period for which figures are available;
(2) how many people were employed by the Tribunals Service to hear appeals in each of the last five years.
In April 2011, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) was created, bringing together Courts and Tribunals into one organisation.
The total gross operational budget for the tribunal element of HMCTS for 2011-12 is £279.4 million. The allocated funding has not been assigned specifically for cases waiting to be heard but on sitting levels needed to achieve the optimum level of performance.
In 2009-10, there was an average of 1,519 full-time equivalent tribunal panel members. In 2010-11 there was an average of 1,620 full-time equivalent tribunal panel members. The method of calculating 'Full Time Equivalent' members changed in 2010-11 and while the 2009-10 figures have been restated in line with this change, earlier figures have not been recalculated and are, therefore, not available.
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