Written question asked by Lord Vinson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 December 2015. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 December 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.

European Arrest Warrants

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 24 November (HL3477), what is the breakdown by category of offence of those 127 applications for a European Arrest Warrant and 40 British citizens extradited.

Answer

A breakdown of the offences is set out in the table below. These only relate to the principal offences listed on the warrants, as other offences may be listed:

Offences listed on EAW requests for British Citizens
Principal offence	2014-15
Arson	2
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm	5
Burglary	3
Child Sex Offences	4
Counterfeit Currency	2
Death by Dangerous driving	1
Driving Whilst Disqualified	1
Drugs Offences	33
E-Crime	1
Evasion of Duty - over Â£100,000	3
Forgery - Not Currency	3
Fraud	33
Immigration & Human Trafficking	7
Money Laundering	1
Murder/Manslaughter	5
Organised Crime	6
Other	2
Parental Abduction	1
Possession of a Firearm	1
Public Order	1
Rape	3
Serious Assault/Grievous Bodily Harm	5
Serious Sexual Assault	2
Theft	2
Total	127

Offences for which British Citizens were extradited
Principal offence	2014-15
Armed Robbery	1
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm	3
Drugs Offences	10
Evasion of Duty - over Â£100,000	1
Fraud	12
Immigration & Human Trafficking	3
Murder/Manslaughter	4
Other	1
Rape	1
Serious Assault/Grievous Bodily Harm	3
Serious Sexual Assault	1
Total	40

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL4172
Session: 2015-16
Related items: European Arrest Warrants
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: British nationality Extradition European arrest warrants
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

European Arrest Warrants

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