To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many appeals there have been to the Employment Appeal Tribunal where the applicant did not have two years' continuous employment prior to dismissal; how many of these cases have been (i) stayed and (ii) struck out by industrial tribunals subsequent to the case of Seymour-Smith and Perez; and for (i) and (ii) what are the figures by industrial tribunal region. [18327]

Since the decision in the case of R v. Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez was referred to the European Court of Justice, 182 cases have been stayed at the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The Chief Executive of the Employment Tribunals Service informs me that the industrial tribunal offices do not record separately cases that have been struck out or stayed because the applicant could not demonstrate two years' continuous service.