HL Deb 22 January 2001 vol 621 cc2-3WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many appeals against judgments of United Kingdom courts were registered with the European Court of Human Rights in each year since 1975; and how many cases remained to be determined at the present time. [HL80]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)

The number of registered applications to the European Court of Human Rights involving the United Kingdom in each year since 1975 is as follows:

  • 1975: 202
  • 1976: 148
  • 1977: 149
  • 1978: 98
  • 1979: 100
  • 1980: 103
  • 1981: 136
  • 1982: 205
  • 1983: 153
  • 1984: 133
  • 1985: 112
  • 1986: 138
  • WA 3
  • 1987: 140
  • 1988: 145
  • 1989: 220
  • 1990: 235
  • 1991: 201
  • 1992: 221
  • 1993: 203
  • 1994: 238
  • 1995: 413
  • 1996: 473
  • 1997: 448

up to 31.10.1998: 330

from 1.11.98 to 30.11.2000: 1,062 (under the new single European Court of Human Rights)

There are currently 883 registered applications concerning the UK in process.