asked Her Majesty's Government:How many appeals have been made concerning constructive dismissal, what were the results and how long it took to deal with these claims.

Separate records are not kept of the number of constructive dismissal claims included in the unfair dismissal figures, or of the time taken to deal with them.However 29,392 unfair dismissal complaints to the industrial tribunals were disposed of in the 12 months ended 31st March 1987. Of these 9,287 proceeded to a hearing and 3,129 were upheld. Approximately one half of all complaints came to a hearing within 12 weeks of receipt and 90 per cent. within 26 weeks.