Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
(asked on 22nd January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have reclaimed their tribunal fees as a result of the decision in R (on the application of UNISON) (Appellant) v Lord Chancellor (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 51 on 26 July 2017.
This question was answered on 30th January 2018
The full refund scheme was rolled out on 15 November. Anyone who paid a fee can now apply for a refund. Provisional management information on the number of refunds paid, and their value, was published on the 18 January 2018 on the gov.uk website, which showed that by 18 December we had made 2,151 refunds worth £1.8 million.