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PIDA statistics
The table below shows the number of applications made to an Employment Tribunal under the Public Interest Disclosure Act since the Act came into force.
| Year | Number of PIDA Applications |
| 1999 / 2000 | 157 |
| 2000 / 2001 | 416 |
| 2001 / 2002 | 528 |
| 2002 / 2003 | 661 |
| 2003 / 2004 | 756 |
| 2004 / 2005 | 869 |
| 2005 / 2006 | 1034 |
| 2006 / 2007 | 1356 |
| 2007 / 2008 | 1497 |
| 2008 / 2009 | 1761 |
| 2009 / 2010 | 2000 |
The table below shows the outcomes of applications to Employment Tribunals under PIDA, by year. The source is the Employment Tribunal Service and the Department of Trade and Industry (now the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills). NB totals in the table below refer to applications disposed of by year which is why they differ from the totals in the table above.
| 1999 / 2000 | 2000 / 2001 | 2001 / 2002 | 2002 / 2003 | 2003 / 2004 | 2004 / 2005 | 2005 / 2006 | 2006 / 2007 | 2008 / 2009 | 2009 / 2010 | 2010 / 2011 | |
| ACAS conciliated settlement | 11 | 67 | 90 | 149 | 166 | 277 | 345 | 464 | 686 | 680 | 440 |
| Withdrawn or privately settled | 15 | 59 | 100 | 132 | 198 | 218 | 337 | 481 | 462 | 500 | 350 |
| Successful at hearing | 1 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 45 | 86 | 59 | 75 | 85 | 30 |
| Unsuccessful at hearing | 7 | 26 | 49 | 74 | 89 | 111 | 178 | 188 | 163 | 190 | 93 |
| Dismissed at hearing - out of scope/at preliminary hearing | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 33 |
| Disposed of - other reasons/struck out not at a hearing | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 33 | 50 | 54 | 78 | 74 | 47 |
| Default judgment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 7 | 18 | 18 |
| TOTAL DISPOSED | 35 | 171 | 281 | 407 | 512 | 696 | 1015 | 1287 | 1502 | 1600 | 1000 |
Source: Department of Trade and Industry (now the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills)
Click here for summaries of selected PIDA decisions from the first three years of the Act.