Asked by: Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat - Mid Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of how long after claims are lodged employment tribunal hearings involving claimants in Scotland are scheduled for.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We continue to monitor waiting times in the Employment Tribunal through regular engagement with HM Courts and Tribunals Service and the judiciary. Published timeliness data is not currently available on a Scotland-only basis and does not measure the time between a claim being received and the hearing being listed, instead the time from claim receipt to disposal is recorded.
Workers should be able to enforce their employment rights in a timely manner, and we recognise that there remain significant challenges for the performance of the Employment Tribunal. We are continuing to monitor demand and are working with the judiciary and HM Courts and Tribunals Service to increase capacity and improve efficiency of the Employment Tribunal, including through judicial recruitment, deployment of Legal Officers, modern case-management systems and remote hearings where appropriate.
Asked by: Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat - Mid Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on employment tribunal waiting times affecting claimants in Scotland since January 2024.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We continue to monitor waiting times in the Employment Tribunal through regular engagement with HM Courts and Tribunals Service and the judiciary. Published timeliness data is not currently available on a Scotland-only basis and does not measure the time between a claim being received and the hearing being listed, instead the time from claim receipt to disposal is recorded.
Workers should be able to enforce their employment rights in a timely manner, and we recognise that there remain significant challenges for the performance of the Employment Tribunal. We are continuing to monitor demand and are working with the judiciary and HM Courts and Tribunals Service to increase capacity and improve efficiency of the Employment Tribunal, including through judicial recruitment, deployment of Legal Officers, modern case-management systems and remote hearings where appropriate.
Asked by: Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat - Mid Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims involving claimants in Scotland have been outstanding for more than (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The number of employment tribunal claims involving claimants in Scotland that have been outstanding for more than (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years can be found in the below table.
Table 1. Employment Tribunal (amalgamated data) - Claims involving claimants in Scotland 1 that have been in the open caseload for more than (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years, as of 31 March 2026 2
Case Type | Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than one year as of 31 March 2026 | Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than two years as of 31 March 2026 | Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than three years as of 31 March 2026 | Volume of claims in the open caseload for more than four years as of 31 March 2026 |
Single and Lead Multiple Claims | 1,205 | 690 | 500 | 427 |
Source: SDP ET AMALGAMATED DATABASE
Extraction Date: 03-JUL-2026
1 Claims managed within the Scotland region but do not separately record whether an individual claimant is resident in Scotland.
2 Latest data available, in line with published statistics.
This data is management Information and subject to change. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.