§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if she will list for each of the last 25 years the number of extradition warrants issued by the RUC for persons sought for terrorist type offences whom the RUC believed to be resident in the Irish Republic, the number of such warrants executed by the authorities in the Republic and how many resulted in persons being returned for trial in Northern Ireland; [44915]
(2) if she will list, for each of the last 25 years, the number of extradition warrants issued by the RUC for persons sought for crimes, other than terrorists related offences, whom the RUC believed to be resident in the Irish Republic, the number of such warrants executed by the authorities in the Republic and how many resulted in persons being returned for trial in Northern Ireland. [449681]
§ Mr. IngramThe information requested is given in the following table:
Extradition requests to Republic of Ireland 1973–1997 Terrorist offences Non-terrorist offences Year Persons sought Persons arrested Persons extradited Persons sought Persons arrested Persons extradited 1973 8 1 — 14 5 3 1974 6 2 — 24 11 9 1975 10 6 — 10 2 1 1976 14 6 1 20 7 7 1977 8 7 1 17 11 8 1978 7 3 — 33 16 15 1979 0 — — 14 9 8 1980 5 1 — 18 12 12 1981 2 1 — 20 4 4 1982 3 — — 33 19 18 1983 5 2 1 22 10 10 1984 1 1 1 10 1 1 1985 5 1 — 28 6 6 1986 5 1 1 1 — — 1987 20 6 2 0 — — 1988 3 — — 1 1 1 1989 5 2 — 0 — — 1990 0 — — 0 — — 1991 1 1 — 0 — — 1992 0 — — 0 — — 1993 0 — — 4 3 2 1994 2 — 1 11 10 10 1995 0 — — 6 2 2 1996 0 — — 5 4 4 1997 3 — — 5 3 3