The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its statistics for the period from July to September 2019. These show that the number of claims continues to rise. Compared to the same period last year, single claim receipts, disposals and outstanding caseload have all increased. Receipts for multiple claims decreased by 10% over the same period. Meanwhile, disposals and outstanding caseload for multiple claims increased by 77% and 7% respectively.
During this quarter, 33% of disposals were dismissed upon withdrawal; 19% were Acas conciliated settlements, 17% were withdrawn, 13% were struck out and 9% were successful at hearing.
The MoJ reports that 59 applications for refunds of tribunal fees were received (down from 140 in the first quarter of this year) and 170 refund payments were made with a total value of £364,000. Since the launch of the refund scheme in October 2017, 22,000 refund payments have been made with a total value of £18 million.
