Department for Education: Employment Tribunals Service
(asked on 28th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against her Department in each of the last five years by (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Answered by
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 10th November 2025
The table below shows the number of Employment Tribunal claims made against the department in the last five years.
Year (calendar) | Number of claims | (a) Claiming unfair dismissal | (b) Claims under the Equality Act |
2025* | <5 | Nil | <5 |
2024 | <5 | Nil | <5 |
2023 | 9 | <5 | 5 |
2022 | 8 | <5 | <5 |
2021 | 13 | <5 | 7 |
*For the period 1 January 2025 to 30 September 2025.