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Department of Health and Social Care: Employment Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against his Department for (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010 in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
31 Oct 2025
Target answer date
4 Nov 2025
Answer
24 Nov 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against his Department for (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010 in each of the last five years.

  2. 4 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has defined an employment tribunal claim as a formal submission which includes claims made against the Department, excluding arm's-length bodies, and submitted to an Employment Tribunal, for which the Department has responded by submitting ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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