To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many United Kingdom citizens have been sought for extradition by foreign powers in the latest available year; and into what categories of alleged offence they fell.
The United Kingdom does not distinguish between extradition requests in respect of its own nationals and nationals of other countries. For this reason, the nationality of those whose return is sought is not centrally recorded.During 1989, extradition proceedings were commenced against 35 individuals in England and Wales. The offences were as follows:
Offence | Number of applications |
Murder | 1 |
Armed robbery | 1 |
Theft | 5 |
Burglary | 2 |
Robbery | 4 |
Obtaining property by deception | 2 |
Offence
| Number of applications
|
Forgery | 3 |
Fraud | 8 |
Embezzlement | 2 |
Parental kidnapping | 1 |
Indecent exposure | 1 |
Handling stolen goods | 1 |
Drugs | 10 |
In some cases, extradition was sought for more than one offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many extraditions have been applied for by the United Kingdom in the latest available year; and into what categories of alleged offence they fell.
In England and Wales during 1989, extradition applications in respect of 29 individuals were made to foreign and Commonwealth countries. The alleged offences were as follows:
Offence | Number of applications |
Murder | 2 |
Armed robbery | 1 |
Assault | 1 |
Malicious wounding | 1 |
Theft | 12 |
Burglary | 2 |
Obtaining money/property by deception | 8 |
Forgery | 3 |
Fraud | 3 |
Receiving/handling stolen goods | 3 |
Deception | 1 |
Bankruptcy | 1 |
False accounting | 1 |
Procuring the execution of a valuable security | 1 |
Perjury | 1 |
Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice | 1 |
Evasion of liability by deception | 1 |
Drugs | 5 |