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Browse what employment tribunals have actually awarded, by claim type, using the official Ministry of Justice figures for 2023/24. Sort by median, average or highest award to see how the claim types compare.
Covers England and Wales. These are awards at a final hearing - most claims settle or are withdrawn before then. This tool gives legal information, not legal advice, and is not a prediction of any individual claim.
| Age discrimination No cap - injury to feelings can be added · 12 awards Only 12 awards in 2023/24, so the median is volatile and sits unusually high - a handful of large career-loss awards dominate a small sample. | £86,349 | £102,891 | £261,949 |
| Sexual orientation discrimination No cap - injury to feelings can be added Based on a small number of awards, so the figures move sharply year to year. | £26,693 | £27,070 | £47,297 |
| Disability discrimination No cap - injury to feelings can be added | £17,218 | £44,483 | £964,465 |
| Sex discrimination No cap - injury to feelings can be added Held the highest single award in 2023/24 (£995,128), which pulls the mean far above the median. | £16,161 | £53,403 | £995,128 |
| Race discrimination No cap - injury to feelings can be added | £10,253 | £29,532 | £431,768 |
| Religion or belief discrimination No cap - injury to feelings can be added Based on a small number of awards, so the figures move sharply year to year. | £8,500 | £10,750 | £20,000 |
| Unfair dismissal Statutory cap applies · 646 awards The highest award (£179,124) was in a case where the statutory cap did not apply, such as whistleblowing or health and safety. | £6,746 | £13,749 | £179,124 |
Figures: Ministry of Justice Employment Tribunal & EAT award tables, 2023/24 (the latest published). These are awards made at a final hearing - most claims settle or are withdrawn before that point, so they are not typical of every claim. The median is the middle award and is a better guide to a usual outcome than the average, which a few very large awards pull upward. This is legal information, not a prediction of any individual claim.
Two numbers do most of the work. The median is the middle award - half are higher, half lower - and is the fairest guide to a typical outcome. The average (mean) is always higher, because a handful of very large awards pull it up. Where a claim type had only a few awards in the year (age, religion or belief, sexual orientation), the median swings sharply from year to year, so treat those with extra caution.
The other structural difference is the cap. Unfair dismissal has a statutory cap on the compensatory award, so its awards cluster lower. Discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 are uncapped and can add an award for injury to feelings, which is why they sit higher up the table.
These figures are awards made at a final hearing - but most claims never get there. Around 40% settle through Acas conciliation and about 19% are withdrawn, so a negotiated settlement, not a hearing award, is the most common outcome. The tribunal statistics guide explains the outcome breakdown, and the per-claim data guides for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination put the numbers in context.
National figures are a starting point, not a forecast. To see an indicative range for your own situation - from your salary, service and claim type - use the claim value estimator, and the schedule of loss guide explains how a tribunal builds up the actual figure.
It varies enormously by claim type. In the most recent published figures (2023/24), the median unfair dismissal award was £6,746 and the average (mean) was £13,749; disability discrimination had a median of £17,218 and an average of £44,483. The average is always higher than the median because a small number of very large awards pull it up, so the median is the better guide to a typical outcome. These are awards made at a final hearing, not what a typical claim settles for.
Because award values are skewed by a few very large cases. The median is the middle value - half of awards are higher, half lower - so it is not distorted by outliers. The mean (average) adds every award and divides by the number, so a single six or seven-figure award drags it upward. For a realistic sense of a usual outcome, the median is the more honest number.
Discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 sit well above unfair dismissal, because they carry no statutory cap and can add an award for injury to feelings. In 2023/24 the highest single awards were in sex discrimination (£995,128) and disability discrimination (£964,465). Unfair dismissal is capped (the highest awards there involve whistleblowing or health and safety, where the cap is lifted).
No. They are historical awards made at final hearings, and most claims never reach a hearing - around 40% settle through Acas and about 19% are withdrawn. Your own outcome depends on your evidence, your losses, how quickly you find new work, and what a tribunal or settlement produces. Treat this as context, not a prediction. To estimate your own claim, use the claim value estimator.
These are the Ministry of Justice's latest published Employment Tribunal and EAT award tables, covering 2023/24. Award data for the following year had not been published at the last review, as HMCTS was still extracting figures from its new case management system. The tables are updated periodically - the official source is linked under "Legal basis" below.
This calculator applies published statutory rules in code - it is not AI generated. It is built on:
We review these figures and rules regularly, but employment law changes - statutory rates uprate every April and reforms come into force on their own timetable - so what you see here may not yet reflect the very latest change. Always confirm the current position on the official source above (legislation.gov.uk, gov.uk or acas.org.uk) before relying on a figure or date. This is legal information, not legal advice.
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