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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many employment tribunal claims relating to (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010 have been lodged against her Department in each of the last fi

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
5 Nov 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many employment tribunal claims relating to (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010 have been lodged against her Department in each of the last fi

  2. 5 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Employment Tribunal decisions are publicly available at https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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