Nick Boles corrected a written answer on Pregnancy: Discrimination

14 September 2015 · Commons written answer · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Jo Stevens (Labour, Cardiff Central) asked written question 9119 on 7 September 2015. Joseph Johnson answered on 10 September 2015 for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Nick Boles corrected the answer on 14 September 2015. The corrected text adds the figures 1,851, 1,882, 264, 308, 545, 61 per cent, which the original did not give. Altogether 225 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal were notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme in 2014-15; and how many of those claims (i) were settled by conciliation by Acas, (ii) progressed to a tribunal claim and (iii) were not settled by conciliation by Acas but did not progress to a tribunal case.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~This~~ information ~~is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.~~	The total number of potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme by individuals in 2014-15 was 1,851. Of these: · 308 were settled by Acas at early conciliation stage and recorded on a COT3 settlement document; · 545 progressed to a tribunal claim being taken, 264 of which were subsequently settled on an Acas COT3 following further conciliation; · 998 were not settled through Acas, but did not progress to a tribunal case. An additional 18 notifications were made by employers. Seventeen of these were settled by Acas and the other was neither settled nor progressed to a tribunal. The Government does not have data on the number of private settlements which settled claims before reaching a tribunal. The independently commissioned survey of early conciliation (a sample across all jurisdictions) found that 61 per cent of claimants (and their representatives) who did not settle but decided not to submit a tribunal claim reported that Acas was a factor in their decision. Please note: (i) The jurisdictional provided to Acas is only indicative based on the information given by the prospective claimant; (ii) Counted individually there were a total of 1,882 notifications which means that a small number of claimants notified against more than one respondent.

Original

Corrected

~~This~~ information ~~is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.~~

The total number of potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme by individuals in 2014-15 was 1,851. Of these:
· 308 were settled by Acas at early conciliation stage and recorded on a COT3 settlement document;
· 545 progressed to a tribunal claim being taken, 264 of which were subsequently settled on an Acas COT3 following further conciliation;
· 998 were not settled through Acas, but did not progress to a tribunal case.
An additional 18 notifications were made by employers. Seventeen of these were settled by Acas and the other was neither settled nor progressed to a tribunal.
The Government does not have data on the number of private settlements which settled claims before reaching a tribunal. The independently commissioned survey of early conciliation (a sample across all jurisdictions) found that 61 per cent of claimants (and their representatives) who did not settle but decided not to submit a tribunal claim reported that Acas was a factor in their decision.
Please note: (i) The jurisdictional provided to Acas is only indicative based on the information given by the prospective claimant; (ii) Counted individually there were a total of 1,882 notifications which means that a small number of claimants notified against more than one respondent.

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