HC Deb 17 July 2000 vol 354 cc17-8W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for extradition of persons from(a) Northern Ireland and (b) Great Britain for (i) terrorist-related offences and (ii) non-terrorist related offences, from the Irish Republic made in each of the years (1) 1997, (2) 1998, (3) 1999 and (4) 2000 to the latest available date are outstanding; and how many persons are being sought by the United Kingdom police forces under these extradition requests. [128824]

Mr. Ingram

Extradition requests made by the Republic of Ireland authorities for persons in England and Wales are dealt with on a police to police basis and figures are not collated centrally.

For Scotland figures were not collated centrally prior to 1998. In the year April 1998–99, four applications were made and in respect of which three individuals were returned to the Republic of Ireland. In the year 1999–2000, two applications have been made, both of which are still pending. All applications were in respect of non-terrorist offences.

For Northern Ireland all the cases are non-terrorist related. The figures are as follows:

Number of requests made still outstanding Number of persons still sought
1997 0 0
1998 0 0
1999 2 1
2000 2 1

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 28 June 2000,Official Report, column 495–96W, if he will list for each of the previous three years and in the current year the number of applications for extradition to (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland which were for (i) terrorist offences and (ii) non terrorist offences; and for each category of offences in each of these years how many persons were extradited. [128859]

Mr. Ingram

The table provides details of the extraditions sought from the Republic of Ireland by UK police forces in the years 1997 to date. It should be noted that the figures for England and Wales are not necessarily complete, as figures are not collated centrally, and the 1997 figures for Scotland are not available.

Numbers of persons for which requests were made for extradition
Sought for terrorist offences Number Extradited Sought for non-terrorist Offences Number extradited
(a) From Republic of Ireland to Great Britain
1997 1 0 21 10
1998 0 0 28 15
1999 0 0 17 11
2000 0 0 4 1
(b) From Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland
1997 3 0 5 3
1998 2 0 4 6
1999 0 0 6 3
2000 0 0 1 1