Extradition Mr. Clegg To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for extradition from the UK to the US have been made in each of the last five years; and how many (a) were successful, (b) were unsuccessful and (c) remain outstanding. John Reid Figures are given in the following table. Rather than use terms like “successful” with reference to extradition requests, we show the number of cases which have resulted in surrenders and the number which have closed for other reasons. The figure does not include requests from Ministers in Scotland and Northern Ireland, who have devolved powers to make or grant requests. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total|Surrenders|Closed without surrender|Outstanding from the year| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|4 |2 |1 |1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|9 |3 |4 |2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|5 |3 |2 |- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|2 |2 |– |– | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|7 |1 |2 |4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hayes To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals the UK has (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully attempted to extradite from the United States since 1997 in cases where all proceedings are complete, broken down by type of charge. Joan Ryan These figures only apply to England and Wales, as Scotland and Northern Ireland make their own extradition requests. Since 1997, 33 individuals have been successfully extradited from the US. In addition to this, the subject of one extradition request to the US was arrested in New Zealand and 15 extradition requests have been withdrawn by the UK’s prosecuting authorities. The following table gives an annual breakdown of the numbers returned, requests withdrawn and the offences concerned in each case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Extradited | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Offence |Number| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997|Obtaining Property by Deception, Conspiracy to Obtain Property by Deception, False Accounting and Conspiracy to Defraud;|6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Murder (x2) || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Sexual Offences || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Drug Offences || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Furnishing False Information and Procuring the Execution of a Valuable Security by Deception || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998|Theft |5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Drug Offences (x2) || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Causing Death by Reckless driving; Furnishing False Information || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999|Murder (x2) |2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000|Threats to Kill; Child Abduction. |2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|Child Abduction (x2) |3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Tax Evasion || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|Rape |3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Murder || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Fraud || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|Drug Offences |2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Murder || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|Kidnap and Child Abduction |4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Drugs || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Sex Offences (x2) || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|Burglary |1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|Child Abduction |4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Manslaughter || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Murder || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Obtaining a Money Transfer by Deception || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Offence |Number| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997|Child Abduction |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Making a False Statement (Contrary to Companies Act 1985)| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998|Money Laundering |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999|Dishonestly Handling Stolen Goods |3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Theft | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Child Abduction | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000|Blackmail |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Kidnapping and Assault | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Drunk on an Aircraft | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|Theft |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|– |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|Murder |3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Tax Offences | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Fiscal Offences | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|Fraud |3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Murder | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Theft, Handling Stolen Goods | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|Drug offences |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|Forgery and Obtaining Property by Deception |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Clegg To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from representatives of the United States on extradition of individuals suspected of being an enemy combatant. John Reid I believe the hon. Gentleman to be referring to unlawful enemy combatants as defined in the US Military Commissions Act 2006. No suspect has been described to us as an unlawful enemy combatant in any representations received from the US on extradition.