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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Nov 2017
Family Justice Reform

"Personally, I am happy to say that I think grandparents should play an active role in their grandchildren’s lives. There is room, in the next review period, to consider the role of grandparents, but as I sit in this place I have no locus in the matter and my opinions …..."
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Written Question
Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
Tuesday 12th September 2017

Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claimants (a) paid fees and (b) have had those fees refunded since 2013.

Answered by Dominic Raab


We do not collect centrally information on the number of individual claimants who paid a fee in the Employment Tribunals. The number of fee payments received in the Employment Tribunals between 29 July 2013 (when fees were introduced) and 31 March 2017 is published at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017-and-2016-to-2017, and is updated quarterly.

We said, following the handing down of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v the Lord Chancellor, that we would put in place arrangements to refund those people who had paid fees in the Employment Tribunals as soon as possible. We will announce the details shortly.

Written Question
Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
Monday 11th September 2017

Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase the time for which an applicant for an employment tribunal can submit a claim to include the time when employment tribunal fees were introduced.

Answered by Dominic Raab

Anybody who was previously unable to bring proceedings because of the fees can submit an application to the Employment Tribunal to have their claim heard outside of the usual time limits. These applications will be considered by a judge on a case by case basis, applying the normal judicial tests on extensions of time.

It is right that each case should be considered on its merits by the tribunal.

Written Question
Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
Monday 11th September 2017

Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value of employment tribunal fees received by the Government was since 2013.

Answered by Dominic Raab

The income from Employment Tribunal fees between 2013 and 2017 was £32m.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What recent progress she has made on the Government’s plans to replace the Human Rights Act 1998. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In September, the Secretary of State said that she was expecting to meet the Scottish Justice Minister to discuss the repeal of the Human Rights Act in Scotland. How does she plan to guarantee that the proposed British Bill of Rights will not compromise the autonomy of the Scottish legal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2016
Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I received assurances from the Government that the post-implementation review of tribunal fees would be published late last year. Nine months on and after thousands more discrimination cases, we are still waiting. Why has it taken so long for the Government to get a move on and publish the review? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Courts and Tribunals Fees

"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that if the employer is given an unfair financial position or advantage over the claimant, ultimately, regardless of whether it is a big or a small firm, the greatest cost will be borne by claimants themselves?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Courts and Tribunals Fees

"I shall focus on three key points that are essential to this debate—the fundamental principle of access to justice, the clear fact that the introduction of fees is a barrier for women who are pregnant or experiencing maternity discrimination, and the post-implementation review of the introduction of tribunal fees. I …..."
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