Request ID: FOI-2199-2425 Date published: 05 December 2024
You asked
I would like to request the following information:
- In the year 2019, how much did TFL spend of settling Equality Act claims through legal actions?
- In the year 2020, how much did TFL spend of settling Equality Act claims through legal actions?
- In the year 2021, how much did TFL spend of settling Equality Act claims through legal actions?
- In the year 2022, how much did TFL spend of settling Equality Act claims through legal actions?
- In the year 2023, how much did TFL spend of settling Equality Act claims through legal actions?
We answered
Our Ref:FOI-2199-2425 / FOI-2200-2425
Thank you for your requests received on 14 October 2024 asking for information about Equality Act claims.
Your requests have been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. You asked for:
FOI-2199-2425
In each year 2019-2023, how much did TFL spend of settling Equality Act claims through legal actions?
FOI-2200-2425
In each year 2019-2023, how many Equality Act claims did TFL receive?
Please find the requested information in the table below. It should be noted that the data provided reflects the number of claims received in the respective years that included some element of alleged discrimination, please note that this may not have been the principal head of claim.
The data provided in respect of the settlement sums includes the total amount paid to settle claims that included some element of alleged discrimination, noting as above that this may not have been the principal head of claim being settled.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Claims Received
39
56
32
64
72
Claims Settled
12
8
5
16
15
Total Spend on Settlement
£281,250
£298,750
£27,000
£219,500
£144,256
Total External Legal Fees
£175,033
£54,000
£45,000
£159,000
£134,000
TfL continues to take a proactive and robust approach to managing ET cases, coupled with an extensive training programme for managers on the latest developments in the law and best practice so as to avoid employment disputes as far as possible.
Reporting on TfL’s Employment Tribunal claims can be found here on our website: