Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the level of tribunal fees on the number of women pursuing a sex discrimination claim; and if he will make a statement.

The Government’s post implementation review of fees, which included an assessment of the impact of fees in relation to discrimination claims, was published on 31 January 2017 and can be found at the following location:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587649/Review-of-introduction-of-fees-in-employment-tribunals.pdf

Following the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor, which was handed down on 26 July 2017, we immediately stopped charging fees for Employment Tribunals proceedings. We are considering the wider implications of the ruling for courts and tribunals fees.