§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what schemes are available for UK citizens injured in(a) an EU member state and (b) an EU accession state to have access to criminal injuries compensation. [155804]
§ Mr. MacShaneI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) on 9 February 2004,Official Report, column 1254W.
Historical information about the amount of compensation paid and the number of applications received during one year under the state compensation schemes in each EU member state was given at paragraph 3.8 of the European Commission's Green Paper, 'Compensation to crime victims' (reference COM(2001)536) issued on 28 September 2001. The paper can be accessed via the Internet at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/green/index_en.htm.