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Extradition

Volume 172: debated on Thursday 17 May 1990

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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:

OffenceNumber of applications
Murder1
Armed robbery1
Theft5
Burglary2
Robbery4
Obtaining property by deception2

Offence

Number of applications

Forgery3
Fraud8
Embezzlement2
Parental kidnapping1
Indecent exposure1
Handling stolen goods1
Drugs10

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:

OffenceNumber of applications
Murder2
Armed robbery1
Assault1
Malicious wounding1
Theft12
Burglary2
Obtaining money/property by deception8
Forgery3
Fraud3
Receiving/handling stolen goods3
Deception1
Bankruptcy1
False accounting1
Procuring the execution of a valuable security1
Perjury1
Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice1
Evasion of liability by deception1
Drugs5
In some cases, extradition was sought for more than one type of offence.