Department for Education: Employment Tribunals Service
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against her Department in each of the last five years by (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Answered by Olivia Bailey
The table below shows the number of Employment Tribunal claims made against the department in the last five years.
Year (calendar) | Number of claims | (a) Claiming unfair dismissal | (b) Claims under the Equality Act |
2025* | <5 | Nil | <5 |
2024 | <5 | Nil | <5 |
2023 | 9 | <5 | 5 |
2022 | 8 | <5 | <5 |
2021 | 13 | <5 | 7 |
*For the period 1 January 2025 to 30 September 2025.
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