§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions since 1979 his Department has made extradition applications for terrorist or other offences; and how often, by whom and for what reasons such requests have been rejected.
§ Mr. Ian StewartInformation about extradition applications under the backing of warrants procedure with the Republic of Ireland is contained in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Londonderry, East (Mr. Ross) on 13 DecemberOfficial Report, column 516. In addition, five requests for extradition to the Republic of Ireland were made during 1988, of which one was granted and the remainder are pending.
Information on extradition applications to other countries is not held centrally and would be available only at disproportionate cost. The number is likely to be small.