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Extradition: USA

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people the Government have sought to extradite from the United States in each year since 2001; and how many people were extradited from the United States to the UK in each of those years. (264514)

The information requested is in the following table. The data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. The data are provisional and may be subject to change.

UK extradition requests made to USA

Persons returned by USA to UK

2001

4

3

2002

9

3

2003

5

2

2004

2

4

2005

7

1

2006

4

4

2007

16

7

2008

8

10

Note:

Scotland makes and (until 1 April 2008) Northern Ireland made its own extradition requests. Statistics for such cases are not included in this table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were extradited and (b) successfully appealed against extradition from the UK to the United States in each year since 2001; and how many people were subject to such extradition proceedings in each of those years. (264516)

The information requested is in the following table. The data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. The data are provisional and may be subject to change.

(a) Persons surrendered to USA

(b) Persons discharged from US extradition requests

(c) Extradition arrests pursuant to US requests

2001

8

0

14

2002

12

4

8

2003

6

2

5

2004

8

0

35

2005

14

1

6

2006

19

2

15

2007

9

1

10

2008

6

3

9

Note:

Cases involving persons in Scotland and in Northern Ireland are handled by the Scottish Ministers and were handled until 1 April 2008 by Northern Ireland Ministers. Statistics for such cases are not included in this table.