Written question asked by William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 28 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 July 2000. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 17 July 2000 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, 352 c495W, if he will list for each of the previous three years and in the current year the number of applications for extradition to (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland which were for (i) terrorist offences and (ii) non terrorist offences; and for each category of offences in each of these years how many persons were extradited. - Inc table and fact that info not collated centrally.

Answer: Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 28 June 2000, Official Report, column 495-96W, if he will list for each of the previous three years and in the current year the number of applications for extradition to (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland which were for (i) terrorist offences and (ii) non terrorist offences; and for each category of offences in each of these years how many persons were extradited. [128859] Mr. Ingram: The table provides details of the extraditions sought from the Republic of Ireland by UK police forces in the years 1997 to date. It should be noted that the figures for England and Wales are not necessarily complete, as figures are not collated centrally, and the 1997 figures for Scotland are not available. Numbers of persons for which requests were made for extradition _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sought for terrorist Number extradited Sought for non-terrorist Number extradited offences offences (a) From Republic of Ireland to Great Britain 1997 1 0 21 10 1998 0 0 28 15 1999 0 0 17 11 2000 0 0 4 1 (b) From Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland 1997 3 0 5 3 1998 2 0 4 6 1999 0 0 6 3 2000 0 0 1 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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