Ministry of Justice: Tribunals
(asked on 8th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the quantified contingent liability for headquarters employment tribunals on page 249 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, HC 13, published on 28 November 2023, how many outstanding headquarters employment tribunal cases his Department had on its books on (a) 31 March 2021, (b) 31 March 2022, (c) 31 March 2023, and (d) 31 December 2023; and how many cases related to judicial pension claims on each date.
The table below sets out the quantified contingent liability for headquarters employment tribunals for the years to:
| 31 March 2023 | 31 March 2022 | 31 March 2021 | |||
| Volume | Value (£m) | Volume | Value (£m) | Volume | Value (£m) |
HQ employment tribunal cases | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
Of the above, how many judicial pension claims | 1* | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*While this case is a judicial pension claim, the other case in 2022-23 is a judicial claim for back pay and includes a pension element.
We are assessing employment tribunal claims for the 2023-24 accounts production process and are unable to provide the details of the contingent liabilities as at 31 December 2023 at this stage.