To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will commission research into the level of (a) awards to and (b) costs incurred by successful claimants at employment tribunals; and if he will make a statement. (150549)

[holding answer 18 July 2007]: The Department has approved plans to undertake the next periodic Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA) in 2008. This sample survey will collect data on the level of awards to and costs incurred by claimants and employers involved in employment tribunal claims. Findings from SETA 2008 will be published in the Employment Relations Research Series (ERRS) by the end of 2008.

The last SETA was conducted in 2003. Results were published by the Department in 2004 as ERRS No. 33 “Findings from the Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications 2003”.