§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been made by foreign Governments to the United Kingdom to extradite their nationals for each of the last five years; how many of these have been granted; and if he will provide a breakdown by country.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on the nationality of fugitives is not readily available. The table therefore gives the numbers of applications from foreign countries (that is other than Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland) by year of request in respect of all nationalities for the years 1982 to 1986. Requests to trace fugitives and requests for provisional arrest which were not followed by formal requisitions have not been included.
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Extradition requests to the United Kingdom made by foreign countries 1982 to 1986 Country 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Austria — — 1 — — — — — 1 1 Belgium — — 2 1 1 1 1 — — — Denmark 1 1 — — — — — — — — Finland — — — — — — 1 — — — France I — 2 1 2 1 6 3 2 1 Federal Republic of Germany 5 2 3 2 11 8 5 5 9 5 Greece — — — — 2 — 2 — — — Iraq — — 5 — — — — — — — Israel — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 Italy 3 — 3 1 7 4 5 2 9 2 Liberia — — — — — — 1 — — — Luxembourg 1 — — — — — — — — — Netherlands — — — — 3 1 2 2 2 2 Norway — — 1 1 5 3 — — — — Portugal — — — — 1 1 — — — — Sweden 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 — — Switzerland 2 1 2 2 — — 2 — 1 — Thailand — — — — — — 1 — — — United States of America 8 8 7 5 4 2 12 10 15 9 TOTAL 25 14 27 14 38 23 40 23 40 21
§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been made for the extradition of British citizens abroad, for each of the last five years; how many were granted; and if he will break down the figures on a country basis.
§ Mr. MellorThe readily available information is given in the following table and does not distinguish between extradition requests made for British and those made for
Extradition requests made by the United Kingdom 1982 to 1986 Country 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Requests made Requests granted Australia — — — — 4 4 1 0 — — Austria — — 1 1 — — _ — — — Belguim — — 1 1 — — 1 1 2 2 Bermuda 1 1 — — — — — — — — Canada — — 1 I — — — — 1 0 Columbia — — — — — — 1 0 — — Denmark 1 1 — — — — — — 2 2 France 3 2 1 1 5 4 — — 5 1 Federal Republic of Germany 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 Gibraltar — — I 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 Grenada 1 0 — — — — — — — — India — — — — — — 2 0 — — Israel 2 2 — — — — — — — — Jamaica 1 1 — — — — — — — — Mexico — — 1 0 — — — — — — Malaysia 1 1 — — — — — — — — Netherlands 1 1 — — 7 2 4 2 3 3 New Zealand — — 1 0 — — 1 0 2 0 Nigeria — — — — — — 1 1 — — Pakistan — — — — 3 0 — — — — Portugal 1 1 1 1 — — I 0 1 0 Sri Lanka 1 0 — — — — — — — — Sweden — — — — 1 1 — — — — Switzerland — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 United States of America 4 2 5 3 4 4 7 5 4 2 Zimbabwe — — — — — — 1 0 — —