Tribunals Service Annual Report 2007-2008

The Tribunals Service has issued its Annual Report (note: this is all tribunals, not just employment tribunals).

Key figures:

• the number of ET applications received were 189,300 - 42% higher than expected due to the number of multiple claims
• 86,237 claims were disposed of
• 79% of employment tribunal cases were heard within six months of receipt (beating the target of 75%)
• 88% of written decisions were issued within four weeks of the hearing