Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average time between a claimant receiving their employment tribunal claim and their first hearing each year from 2010 to 2022.

The average time between a claimant receiving their employment tribunal claim and their first hearing each year from 2010 to March 2021 can be found in the table below. We do not hold the information for 2022. Waiting times have risen from 2019 due to the pandemic.

Employment Tribunal, Average Waiting Time (in Weeks) from Receipt to First Hearing for the Period January 2010 to March 2021¹

¹ Data to March 2021 extracted from legacy database in line with published statistics.

The data includes both single and multiple claims and is based on first hearings within the stated period.

The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as this data was run on a different date, specifically for this request.

Data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time. 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.