The answer to a question submitted by Ian Murray MP about how many awards of remission of fees for employment tribunal proceedings had been made, revealed that for the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 December 2014, HM Courts & Tribunals Service has received a gross total of £9.0m in employment tribunal fees of which £2.4m has been forgone in fee remission, leaving £6.6m in net fees. The information supplied also revealed that Jadu Ltd were awarded a two-year contract in February 2013 worth 1.2m which includes the responsibility for running the online form and a payment system for employment tribunals. Jadu Ltd has received £800k including VAT since July 2013 for additional changes due to legislation and for further non-contracted improvements to the system

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