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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 13 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 October 2008. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Extradition: EU Countries

Question
(2) how many European arrest warrants for (a) British citizens and (b) non-British citizens have been received from other EU member states; and how many people have been extradited under such warrants in each year since they came into force, broken down by (i) offence and (ii) member state of destination.
Answer

The Serious Organised Crime Agency is the designated central authority for the receipt and transmission of European Arrest Warrants in the UK. There is no Government involvement in the operation of the EAW. The following tables, provided by SOCA, give figures for the following:"(a) Number of persons extradited to EU member states under the EAW regime (Part 1 warrants) by the UK broken down by year and by country.""(b) Number of subjects surrendered to the UK by EU member states (Part 3 warrants) broken down by year and by country.""(c) EAWs received by the UK from other EU member states broken down by year and EAWs issued to other EU member states by the UK, broken down by year."All figures for this year are January to September 2008.It is not possible from current systems to provide data broken down into British and non-British nationals, nor into type of offence. SOCA is putting in place a new database to hold this informationWarrants issued by the UK for one individual may be sent to more than one member state. The UK receives a large number of warrants from other member states. To break down the figures in the third table by originating state would incur disproportionate cost.

Extradited from the UK
Surrenders
Part one EAW 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
Austria — — 2 — — 2
Belgium 3 8 1 5 4 21
Bulgaria — — — — 1 1
Cyprus — — — — 1 1
Czech Republic — — — 17 30 47
Denmark — 3 — 3 — 6
Finland 1 2 1 1 — 5
France 1 4 15 8 11 39
Germany — 8 16 19 13 56
Greece — — 2 1 — 3
Hungary — — 3 1 7 11
Ireland 4 11 20 23 17 75
Italy — — 5 9 2 16
Latvia — — 2 7 9 18
Lithuania 3 25 48 62 36 174
Malta — — — 1 — 1
Netherlands 3 3 2 11 4 23
Poland — 4 20 136 186 346
Portugal 5 3 2 3 2 15
Romania — — — 2 11 13
Slovak Republic — — 4 4 1 9
Slovenia — — — — 1 1
Spain 1 3 4 6 13 27
Sweden 2 1 4 1 2 10
Total 23 75 151 320 351 —
Extradited to the UK
Surrenders
Part three EAW 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
Austria — — — — — 0
Belgium 2 1 4 4 3 14
Bulgaria — — — 1 — 1
Cyprus — 1 1 — — 2
Czech Republic — — 1 5 3 9
Denmark — — 2 — 1 3
Estonia — — 2 — — 2
Finland — — — — — 0
France 2 7 8 7 3 27
Germany — 6 4 4 3 17
Gibraltar — — — — 1 1
Greece 4 — 2 1 — 7
Hungary — — — 1 — 1
Ireland — 4 22 24 24 74
Italy — 1 1 — 1 3
Latvia — 1 — — — 1
Lithuania — — 2 2 — 4
Luxembourg — — — 1 — 1
Malta — — — — — 0
Netherlands 2 10 4 11 9 36
Poland 2 4 6 12
Portugal 2 1 2 1 4 10
Romania — — — 1 1 2
Slovak Republic — — — 1 2 3
Slovenia — — — — — 0
Spain 12 29 18 28 17 104
Sweden — 1 — — — 1
Total 24 62 75 96 78 —
Number of EAWs issued to and by the UK since 1 January 2004
Totals by year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Part one EAW 1,865 5,986 3,329 2,534 2,428
Part three EAW 96 131 75 185 172

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
483 c583-4W; 227621
Session
2007-08
Subjects
EU countries Extradition
Link
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