To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women who appealed to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal in the last 12 months have had their claim upheld. (137882)

I have been asked to reply.

Between April 2006 and March 2007, 44,496 unfair dismissal cases were received by employment tribunals. During this same period, 4,245 claims were upheld.

The proportion of men and women who made claims to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal in the last 12 months is not readily available and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.