Written question asked by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Monday, 30 April 2012.

Extradition

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were extradited from the United Kingdom in each year between 2004 and 2011, and to date in 2012, listed by requesting country.[HL16957]

Answer: Not all extradition requests lead to the arrest of the subject. As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we will neither confirm nor deny whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request, so that people do not have the opportunity to escape justice by leaving the country before they are arrested. For that reason, a breakdown of the number of arrests as well as surrenders by country is provided in the tables below. The tables provide non-EU extradition figures for 2011 and for 2012 up until 24 April. Figures from 2004 to July 2011 were published in A Review of the United Kingdom's Extradition Arrangements on 18 October 2011 and can be found on pages 464-67. The figures relate to requests dealt with under the 2003 Extradition Act. These do not include figures for Scotland. It should also be emphasised that an arrest and/or surrender made in a particular year may relate to a request made in a previous year.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 16957; vol 736 c402WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Extradition
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Extradition
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk