§ Sir Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Secretary of State for Transport is he will give the number of judicial reviews in which his Department has been involved since 1 March 1974; and on how many occasions the court of final recourse has found against him.
§ Mr. RidleySince December 1983 there have been 11 applications for judicial review of decisions by my Department. One of these has yet to be heard. Of the remainder, the court of final recourse has found against in seven cases, one of which is still under appeal, and in favour in three cases.
Statistics are not readily available for the period from 1 March 1974 to 31 December 1983 and the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.