§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effects of the decision by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Matthews v. the United Kingdom on(a) Jersey, (b) Guernsey, (c) the Isle of Man and (d) Gibraltar. [91250]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe judgment in the Matthews case applies to Gibraltar and the Government have already announced their intention to seek to give effect to it by extending the franchise in European parliamentary elections to Gibraltar.
The judgment does not affect the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man since they are not, except for a few limited purposes, part of the European Union.
Benefits Agency Extra-statutory1 Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement1 Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid 1993–94 — — 1,477 945,000 983 655,000 1994–95 — — 1,779 849,000 632 955,000 1995–96 — — 2,867 1,257,000 1,307 1,497,000 1996–97 — — 4,574 1,334,000 2,111 3,770,000 1997–98 565 92,000 3,579 662,000 2,957 2,044,000 1998–99 1,333 259,000 3,836 701,000 1,879 1,809,000
Compensation for Delay Consolatory2 Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Total payments Total amounts paid3 1993–94 7,683 3,151,000 n/a n/a 10,143 4,751,000 1994–95 4,856 2,574,000 n/a n/a 7,267 4,378,000 1995–96 22,414 8,152,000 n/a n/a 26,588 10,905,000 1996–97 8,583 3,801,000 22 9,000 15,290 8,914,000 1997–98 4,435 1,577,000 122 29,000 11,658 4,405,000 1998–99 2,496 1,032,000 300 80,000 9,844 3,882,000
Child Support Agency Extra-statutory1 Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement1 Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid 1993–94 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1994–95 0 0 35 4,000 n/a n/a