Question follow-through · 86298
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2025
Answer published
In the past 5 years 7 employment tribunals have been lodged against our department. 5 of these claims were under the Equality Act.We cannot provide the number of claims broken down by year or those that were related to unfair dismissal or claims under the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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