Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the his reply 192877, how many service complaints taken to an employment tribunal were settled (a) by out of court or other payments and (b) at Army Board CO Level 2 complaints appeal; what the total of those payments was; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Soubry
The following table sets out details of Employment Tribunal (ET) cases brought by Service personnel since 2008 which were subject to an out of court settlement. I am unable to answer the second part of this question as the internal appeal process does not include any separate complaints appeal stage which is distinct from the Superior Officer or Defence Council levels.
|
Calendar year |
No of ET cases settled out of court (of those lodged in each year) |
Total settlement monies (paid against ET claims lodged in each year) |
|
2008 |
27 |
£393,584 |
|
2009 |
4 |
£131,000 |
|
2010 |
4 |
£28,075 |
|
2011 |
6 |
£37,243 |
|
2012 |
1 |
Withheld |
|
2013 |
0 |
£0 |
Notes:
1. Data refer to the date of submission of the ET claim. ET settlements and monies paid may have occurred in different years, but are presented in this format to show the outcomes of the claims which were lodged in each calendar year.
2. Settlement payments made are covered by Compromise Agreements which contain a confidentiality clause. For this reason the figure for the single case settled out of court in 2012 is withheld.
3. The figure for 2008 includes the Royal Irish class action Industrial Tribunal cases in which 21 of the 22 complainants received a settlement.
4. Not all cases lodged in 2013 have reached their conclusion.
