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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many extradition requests to and from the United Kingdom remain outstanding from each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [19024] Mr. Kirkhope: My right hon. and learned Friend is responsible for extraditions to and from England and Wales and from Northern Ireland. The information in the first table below relates to such cases. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Outstanding requests to the United Kingdom Outstanding requests from the United Kingdom 1987 0 1 1988 0 1 1989 1 1 1990 2 3 1991 5 2 1992 9 3 1993 6 2 1994 24 6 1995 38 13 1996 60 32 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The table includes all requests which have not been brought to a conclusion. This may be because the request is under active consideration by the Home Office or the courts; because further documentation has been requested; or the individual concerned may be in prison for a domestic offence, in which case extradition action is suspended until he or she is released. Extradition between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland takes place under the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 and the corresponding legislation in the Republic of Ireland. My right hon. and learned Friend is responsible where the case involves seeking the return of a fugitive who has been convicted by a court in England or Wales, while my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General is responsible where the case involves seeking the return of a person accused of an offence in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. Since 1992, the earliest year from which figures are available, the total number of extradition requests outstanding from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland is as follows: 1992: 0 1993: 3 1994: 4 1995: 17 1996: 15. Figures for requests made by the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom are not available centrally.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

19024; 292 c14-6W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Extradition Republic of Ireland

Contains statistics

Yes