To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much income from employment tribunal fees has been raised since their introduction; and what amount of such fees has been repaid to claimants.

Income from employment tribunals is published in the HMCTS annual report and accounts for 2014-15, which were laid in Parliament on 10 June 2015. In 2013-14, £4.5m was collected in employment tribunal fees. In 2014-15, £9m was collected in employment tribunal fees, making total receipts from the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013 to the end of the 2014-15 financial year £13.5m.

The cost of fee remissions between July 2013 & March 2015 was £4m (2013-14 £0.7m and 2014/15 £3.3m).