Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 October 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 October 1998. It was answered by Jack Straw (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 October 1998 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests the United Kingdom has received from Spain for the extradition of persons to Spain in each of the last five years; and how many have been (a) granted and (b) refused. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests the United Kingdom has received from Spain for the extradition of persons to Spain in each of the last five years; and how many have been (a) granted and (b) refused. [56254] Mr. Straw: The information is given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of requests sought by Requests granted Requests refused Spain 1993 7 1 2 1994 11 -- 2 1995 8 2 -- 1996 6 -- 1 1997 6 -- -- Total 38 3 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Of the 30 requests unaccounted for: 7 were withdrawn; 23 are outstanding

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