§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been extradited from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. [2528]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthNo record is kept of the nationalities of those extradited from the United Kingdom. Total numbers extradited from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years are as follows:
Year Total 2000 147 1999 38 1998 45 1997 43 1996 35 1 The figure for 2000 does not include one further fugitive who was delivered to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda The figures relate to extraditions under the Extradition Act 1989 and do not include cases governed by the provisions of the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965. The latter are not collected centrally.