Written question asked by Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Friday, 20 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 January 2012. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 February 2012 on behalf of the Home Office.
Extradition
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for extradition from the UK in 2011 (a) were granted, (b) were denied and (c) remain outstanding; and from which countries these requests were received.
- Answer
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The UK's extradition arrangements are divided into two areas. Part 1 concerns the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), while part 2 concerns extradition with non-EU territories. There is no Home Office involvement in the EAW. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (for cases involving Scotland) are the designated authorities for processing EAWs in the UK.A person is not always extradited in the same year that a request is received.The figures for the 2011 calendar year are not yet available. The latest available figures concerning EAWs issued to the UK were given in response to a question tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) on 24 November 2011, Official Report, column 479W, and 1 December 2011, Official Report, column 1064W.A total of 79 requests for extradition were received by the UK (excluding Scotland) from non-EU countries in 2011. As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, the Home Office will not disclose whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request.The following table provides details of arrests, surrenders and those not returned during 2011 broken down by country. It should be emphasised that an extradition request is not always finalised in the same year as a request is made. The figures quoted, therefore, may include extradition requests made prior to 2011.At the end of 2011, the Home Office had 119 outstanding requests made under both the Extradition Act 1989 and the Extradition Act 2003. The Home Office does not record these figures by year of request.
Country Arrests Surrenders Not returned¹ Albania 5 4 — Argentina 2 — — Australia 2 2 — Azerbaijan 1 — — Bosnia and Herzegovina — — 1 Canada — 2 — Germany (Isle of Man)² 1 1 — Lithuania³ — 1 — Moldova 1 — — Montenegro 1 — — Norway 1 2 — Poland (Isle of Man) 1 — — Russian Federation 3 — 2 Switzerland 1 2 1 Turkey 6 4 2 Ukraine 5 — 2 United Arab Emirates 7 — 2 USA 12 8 2 Total 49 26 12 ¹ This includes extradition requests that have been refused by the courts or the Secretary of State; or have been withdrawn by the requesting state after the person has been arrested. ² Requests to the Isle of Man are still made under the Extradition Act 1989 as the 2003 Act has not been extended to the Isle of Man. ³ This request was made to the UK before the Extradition Act 2003 came into force.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 91692; 540 c188-9W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Extradition
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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