Employment tribunal claims received, Great Britain
Official statistics; the latest quarter is provisional
Single and multiple claims received by employment tribunals in Great Britain each quarter since April to June 2009, from the Ministry of Justice's tribunal statistics.
Single claims received
13,957
Q2 2026 · 10,710 multiple claims
Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC- Single claims
- Multiple claims
Source: Ministry of Justice. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
69 periods, newest first
| Period | Single claims | Multiple claims |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 13,957 | 10,710 |
| Q1 2026 | 14,979 | 7,321 |
| Q4 2025 | 13,134 | 9,910 |
| Q3 2025 | 11,684 | 14,161 |
| Q2 2025 | 10,907 | 13,172 |
| Q1 2025 | 9,810 | 26,564 |
| Q4 2024 | 8,447 | 16,600 |
| Q3 2024 | 8,803 | 14,548 |
| Q2 2024 | 9,111 | 16,962 |
| Q1 2024 | 9,054 | 17,196 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,993 | 15,113 |
| Q3 2023 | 8,448 | 11,580 |
| Q2 2023 | 8,380 | 15,456 |
| Q1 2023 | 8,399 | 15,189 |
| Q4 2022 | 7,323 | 14,877 |
| Q3 2022 | 7,964 | 10,531 |
| Q2 2022 | 7,565 | 11,919 |
| Q1 2022 | 7,675 | 10,037 |
| Q4 2021 | 7,055 | 10,480 |
| Q3 2021 | 7,323 | 14,622 |
| Q2 2021 | – | – |
| Q1 2021 | 9,123 | 14,994 |
| Q4 2020 | 12,877 | 28,878 |
| Q3 2020 | 10,317 | 20,180 |
| Q2 2020 | 9,543 | 12,014 |
| Q1 2020 | 10,436 | 13,188 |
| Q4 2019 | 10,599 | 15,708 |
| Q3 2019 | 9,808 | 15,660 |
| Q2 2019 | 8,772 | 19,802 |
| Q1 2019 | 9,050 | 19,193 |
| Q4 2018 | 8,706 | 8,273 |
| Q3 2018 | 8,680 | 15,006 |
| Q2 2018 | 8,538 | 43,629 |
| Q1 2018 | 8,940 | 16,576 |
| Q4 2017 | 7,957 | 32,119 |
| Q3 2017 | 6,877 | 23,463 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,142 | 9,624 |
| Q1 2017 | 4,252 | 26,900 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,307 | 5,628 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,293 | 27,252 |
| Q2 2016 | 4,153 | 11,691 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,117 | 25,181 |
| Q4 2015 | 4,223 | 13,697 |
| Q3 2015 | 4,281 | 18,788 |
| Q2 2015 | 4,314 | 8,430 |
| Q1 2015 | 4,193 | 16,142 |
| Q4 2014 | 4,335 | 14,496 |
| Q3 2014 | 4,178 | 9,431 |
| Q2 2014 | 3,714 | 4,819 |
| Q1 2014 | 5,619 | 5,348 |
| Q4 2013 | 4,969 | 5,873 |
| Q3 2013 | 10,904 | 28,756 |
| Q2 2013 | 12,727 | 31,607 |
| Q1 2013 | 13,739 | 43,998 |
| Q4 2012 | 13,933 | 31,777 |
| Q3 2012 | 13,445 | 34,344 |
| Q2 2012 | 13,587 | 26,718 |
| Q1 2012 | 14,762 | 27,705 |
| Q4 2011 | 15,040 | 40,888 |
| Q3 2011 | 14,964 | 25,261 |
| Q2 2011 | 14,481 | 33,230 |
| Q1 2011 | 15,075 | 61,163 |
| Q4 2010 | 15,098 | 24,781 |
| Q3 2010 | 15,367 | 42,192 |
| Q2 2010 | 15,051 | 29,369 |
| Q1 2010 | 16,669 | 33,905 |
| Q4 2009 | 17,432 | 63,844 |
| Q3 2009 | 19,380 | 42,724 |
| Q2 2009 | 17,799 | 24,350 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Justice
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 4 November 2026, 01:56 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026SHA-256 4f85d66e07568d652fa1b579f88370c8e610a7db8e5812a087789ead539fd577 · 19,737 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ad7731e8ef5e8a9fc8ed612/Tribunals_Statistics_Quarterly_Accessible_Main_Tables_Q1_2026_27.odsSHA-256 709538687c8e17047fe0bbae43b3479d2b4dfe45067b705cf96b8d6b88869819 · 855,908 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC Run at 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC; 138 of 138 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-04T01:56:44Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 138 of 138 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 138 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 138 of 138 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026-06-30 ended 127 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Accessible Main Tables (April to June 2026) |
| Pass | The release's bulletin agrees | 2 of 2 figures the bulletin https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026 states match, each rounded half up as it rounds them |
| Pass | The release's CSV gives single plus multiple claims | 68 of 68 cases of the quarters give the CSV's receipts as single plus multiple claims |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- A single claim is brought by one person; a multiple claim is one of two or more brought against the same employer on the same facts, each counted, so one employer's dispute can add thousands in a quarter. The Ministry of Justice gives no figures for April to June 2021, when its case management system changed. The latest quarter is provisional.
- Quarters are the Ministry of Justice's financial-year quarters, shown here by the calendar months they cover: its Q1 2026/27 is April to June 2026.