Employment Tribunals: Average Waiting Times Debate

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Employment Tribunals: Average Waiting Times

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Chris Elmore Portrait Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab)
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11. What recent assessment he has made of trends in average waiting times for employment tribunals.

Mike Freer Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mike Freer)
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Following a merger of IT systems, there is no current data on average waiting times, but the outstanding caseload has reduced from 48,000 in February to 41,000 in March this year because of an increase in the number of sitting days. As well as the increased sitting day allocation, we continue to support and reform the employment tribunals process and to make progress in reducing the backlog.

[Official Report, 27 June 2023, Vol. 735, c. 137.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the hon. Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Mike Freer):

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore).

The correct response should have been:

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