§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, following the European Court of Justice's Surinder Singh judgment in July 1992, he will refund fees to those persons who have been eligible for gratis visas had the European Court of Justice ruling existed at the time the fees were paid.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydYes. My Department will consider written applications for a refund of fees from those non-European Union nationals who paid a fee before July 1992 for the visa granted them to enter the United 575W Kingdom with their British citizen spouse who had been working in another member state of the European Union. The amount which may be refunded will be between £7 and £100 and be made up of the value of the fee plus an ex gratia sum in recognition of the time since the fee was paid. Applicants will be asked to provide evidence to support their claim.