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Equality Act Claims Spend

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:

 

https://board.tfl.gov.uk/documents/s22407/aac-20240605-part-1-item17a-legal-compliance-report.pdf

 

If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

 

Yours sincerely 

 

Gemma Jacob

Senior FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

[email protected]

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