To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunals involving a pre-hearing on the employment status of the appellant took place in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how many of the pre-hearings were (i) appealed and (ii) overturned on appeal. (99503)

The number of employment tribunal claims which had a pre-hearing in 2004-05 and 2005-06 is as follows:

The tribunals service does not specifically record the number of pre-hearings on employment status or how many of the pre-hearings were appealed and overturned on appeal.