Question follow-through · 115390
Unfair Dismissal
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of employers using ordinary unfair dismissals ahead of the extension of unfair dismissal rights on 1 January 2027.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of employers using ordinary unfair dismissals ahead of the extension of unfair dismissal rights on 1 January 2027.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government does not collect data on the level of ordinary unfair dismissals made by employers. The Government does publish data on the number of unfair dismissal claims awarded compensation at Employment Tribunal:2020/21: 4212021/22: 6332022/23: 78720...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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