Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal judges and staff there were in (a) the Eastern Region and (b) Bedford in each year from 2010 to 2017.
The information requested is only available from 2012 and can be found in the tables below
Employment Tribunals Salaried Judges
Mar-12 | Mar-13 | Mar-14 | Mar-15 | Mar-16 | Mar-17 | |
Bedford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eastern Region | 14.5 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.4 | 13.1 |
Employment Tribunal Staff
| Mar-12 | Mar-13 | Mar-14 | Mar-15 | Mar-16 | Mar-17 |
Bedford | 12.2 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eastern Region | 66.3 | 67.8 | 42.3 | 38.6 | 34.9 | 40 |
The Eastern Region was created on 1 April 2012 and comprised Bedford Employment Tribunal, Watford Employment Tribunal, Bury St Edmunds Tribunal, and Huntingdon Employment Tribunal. The Employment Tribunal salaried judges from Bedford Employment Tribunal transferred to Huntingdon Employment Tribunal on 1 April 2013.
In June 2015 the South East Region was created and comprised Bedford Employment Tribunals, Watford Employment Tribunal, Bury St Edmunds Tribunal, Huntingdon Employment Tribunal, Reading Employment Tribunal and Norwich Employment Tribunal.