Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Human Rights Act 1998

(asked on 25th February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil law suits have been brought against his Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements have cost the public purse since 2010.


Answered by
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Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 4th March 2016

The information requested is not available, as separate data for cases based wholly or partially on the Human Rights Act 1998 are not recorded.

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