§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report the numbers of extradition requests made to the Republic of Ireland in each year since 1967, indicating how many of those requests were for crimes of a terrorist nature and how many requests were for other types of crime, and show for each year the number of those extradition requests which were granted for (a) crimes of a terrorist nature and (b) other types of crimes and how many were refused for each class of crime; if he will indicate for each of those years, and each class of crime, how many extradition requests and warrants were found by the Irish authorities and the Irish courts to be unacceptable; if he will also publish in the Official Report the same information for extradition requests made to the United Kingdom by the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThe readily available information on extradition requests between England and Wales and the Republic of Ireland is given in the following tables. This is based mainly on information provided by police forces. Requests involving terrorist offences are specified where known.
Requests made by England and Wales for return of persons from the Republic of Ireland Requests made Requests granted Requests refused Requests not acted on for other reasons3 1982 41 17 1 23 1983 31 11 — 20 1984 29 15 — 14 1985 23 5 — 18 1986 112 1 11 10 1987 5 1 2 2 1988 27 1 — 246
Requests received in England and Wales for the return of persons to the Republic of Ireland Requests received Requests granted Requests refused Requests not acted on for other reasons3 1982 9 7 — 2 1983 15 11 — 4 1984 31 24 — 7 1985 29 18 — 11 1986 15 5 3 7 1987 20 14 — 6 1988 Not yet available 1 includes 1 case involving terrorist offences 2 includes 2 cases involving terrorist offences 3 e.g. because the fugitive could not be traced 4 some cases pending