HC Deb 13 July 1999 vol 335 c117W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) British nationals and (b) Portuguese nationals have been extradited from the United Kingdom to stand trial in Portugal in each of the last five years; and how many have been extradited from Portugal to the United Kingdom. [89572]

Kate Hoey

The information requested is given in the table:

Number of British and Portuguese nationals extradited to Portugal to stand trial in each of the last five years
Year British nationals Portuguese nationals Total
1994 1 1
1995
1996
1997 1 1 2
1998 1 1

There have been no extraditions from Portugal to the United Kingdom in that period. Two requests for British nationals are under consideration from Portugal.

Stop and searches (including searches of unattended vehicles)
White Black Asian Other Not recorded Vehicles Total
Stolen property 50,065 19,534 4,279 1,441 2,068 1,714 79,101
Drugs 86,941 35,423 17,240 2,380 3,534 2,187 147,705
Firearms 1,129 740 186 39 62 74 2,230
Offensive weapons 12,961 7,045 2,839 552 614 258 24,269
Going equipped 29,130 10,355 2,808 592 1,078 310 44,273
Other 1,806 783 275 36 137 120 3,157
Total 182,032 73,880 27,627 5,040 7,493 4,663 300,735
Arrests as a result
White Black Asian Other Not recorded Total
Stolen property 4,672 2,119 525 183 174 7,673
Drugs 9,677 3,365 1,612 247 346 15,247
Firearms 143 80 13 3 3 242