Employment Tribunals Service

Justine Greening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times his Department has been taken to an employment tribunal in each of the last five years; what the reason cited in each case was; and in how many cases the tribunal found in favour of (a) the employee and (b) the Department.

Phil Hope
As detailed in the following table, in the last five years the Department has been taken to an employment tribunal twice.

The case in 2007-08 reason was one of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, found in favour of the Department.

The case in 2005-06 reason was one of discrimination on the grounds of disability, found in favour of the claimant.

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|                                                                              |Number of cases|Reason cited                                       |Found in favour of  |
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|2009-10                                                                       |10             |n/a                                                |n/a                 |
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|2008-09                                                                       |0              |n/a                                                |n/a                 |
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|2007-08                                                                       |1              |Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation|Department of Health|
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|2006-07                                                                       |0              |n/a                                                |n/a                 |
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|2005-06                                                                       |1              |Discrimination on the grounds of disability        |Claimant            |
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|1 No cases from the current financial year have proceeded to tribunal to date.|               |                                                   |                    |
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