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The Tribunals Service had 220,400 receipts in the second quarter of 2010-
11, an increase of 11% over the same quarter of the previous year. This
increase was as a result of rises in receipts to Social Security and Child
Support. There was a 10% increase in the number of disposals1 from
around 157,900 in quarter 2 of 2009-10 to 173,400 in the same quarter of
2010-11 (excl. ET Nottingham and Leicester).

Receipts and Disposals

Examining the second quarter, between 2009-10 and 2010-11, there was:

•  a 41% increase in the number of Social Security and Child Support receipts.

•  an 8% fall in claims to Employment Tribunals – 19% for single and 3% for multiple claims .

•      Whilst overall numbers of receipts to the first tier TS Immigration and Asylum Chamber (TSIA) fell by 13%, there was a rise for the Entry Clearance case type, of 9%. There were; falls of 22% for Asylum; 7% for Managed Migration and 20% for Family Visit Visa.

•      an increase in the number of disposals by Social Security and Child Support rising by 41% .

•      a 56% increase in Employment Support Allowance/Incapacity Benefit (ESA/IB) receipts. ESA/IB disposals have more than doubled from, 25,700 in the second quarter of 2009-10, to 52,000 in the same quarter of 2010-11(the highest number of disposals of such cases).