Question follow-through · 87831

Cabinet Office: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Hearings in the Employment Tribunal are normally held in public. There are a number of exceptions to this; including if there are national security concerns or if there is a vulnerable individual involved in the case.There are a number of stages in the Tr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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