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Employment Tribunals Service

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 42442

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the average cost to the public purse of administering an Employment Tribunal claim.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The estimated operational cost of disposing of a case within the Employment Tribunal was estimated at £2,522 per case in 23-24, the last full financial year for which figures are available.

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