The latest Ministry of Justice tribunal statistics for October to December 2016 show that 4,355 single claims were received, which is up 3% from the same period last year. There were 4,760 multiple claims received during this period, a decrease of 65% on the same period last year. 37% of jurisdictional complaints disposed of were Acas conciliated settlements, 16% were withdrawn, and 5% were successful at hearing. The most common jurisdictional complaint disposed of in this quarter was Equal Pay.

During the quarter, there were 5,166 cases where an issue fee was expected. Of these, 3,362 cases (65%) had the full issue fee paid outright whilst 1,362 cases (26%) were awarded either a full or partial issue fee remission. For hearing fees, just over 3,000 were requested; at the time the data was extracted, 590 requests (19%) had the full hearing fee paid outright and 414 (14%) had been awarded either a full or partial remission.

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