HC Deb 30 November 2001 vol 375 cc1223-7W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which countries have reciprocal extradition arrangements with the United Kingdom, and to which countries he is unable to(a) deport and (b) extradite on humanitarian grounds. [17767]

Angela Eagle

The United Kingdom has general extradition arrangements with the following countries.

Countries which are party to European Convention on Extradition

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
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  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • The Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine

Countries with which UK has a bilateral treaty

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvadour
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Iraq
  • Liberia
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • San Marino
  • Thailand
  • Uruguay
  • USA
  • Yugoslavia

Commonwealth extradition partners

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • The Bahamas
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Botswana
  • Brunei
  • Canada
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Fiji
  • The Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mauritius
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Saint Christopher and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Western Samoa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Overseas Territories

  • Anguilla
  • Bermuda
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Cayman Islands
  • Falkland Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Montserrat
  • Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
  • St. Helena and St. Helena Dependencies
  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • The UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • British Virgin Islands

Other Countries

  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Republic of Ireland.

Whether and to what country a person may be extradited or deported will depend on the facts of the particular case.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) deportation orders and (b) extradition orders are subject to judicial review; how many have been subject to a judicial review in the past two years; how many reviews have been successful; what were the judicial rulings in each case; what was the time taken in each case; on how many occasions were successful reviews appealed by (i) his Department and (ii) those of his colleagues; how many of these appeals were successful; and what was the time taken in each case. [17768]

Angela Eagle

Seven decisions to order the surrender of a fugitive are currently the subject of judicial review applications. No such challenge to a surrender decision has succeeded in the past two years.

The information otherwise requested is not readily available and could be obtained, I regret, only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons(a) have been in the past year and (b) are subject of extradition proceedings; and from which countries. [17766]

Angela Eagle

Over the recent past, the United Kingdom has received an average of 100 requests per year from its many extradition partners. The arrest of a fugitive marks the start of extradition proceedings. 120 cases are currently the subject of such proceedings. There would have been a similar number over the past 12 months. Requesting jurisdictions in the current cases are as follows:

Requesting jurisdiction Number of requests1
USA 35
Germany 12
France 11
Italy 10
Switzerland 7
Czech Republic 7
Netherlands 5
Lithuania 5

Requesting jurisdiction Number of requests1
Turkey 4
Belgium 4
South Africa 3
Portugal 2
Canada 2
Spain 2
HKSAR 2
Poland 1
Estonia 1
Russia 1
Seychelles 1
Greece 1
Finland 1
Sweden 1
Latvia 1
Algeria 1
1 The figures do not include requests from Ireland which are not collected centrally.