Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 4306 tabled on 16 January 2020.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The response for UIN 4306 was given on 26th June 2020.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests were made by the USA to the UK during the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2019, and of these requests (a) the nationality of the defendant for each extradition request (b) the number of successful extraditions by the nationality of the defendant and (c) the number of rejected requests by the nationality of the defendant.
Answered by James Brokenshire
As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we do not disclose whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request. We therefore cannot provide the total number of extradition requests made by the UK to the USA or vice versa.
We can, however, provide the figures for both successful and unsuccessful extradition requests. These can only be provided from 2016 because before then the nationality in extradition requests was not regularly centrally recorded in all cases.
Requests from US to UK – successful
Nationality | Number |
British | 11 |
American | 8 |
Romanian | 3 |
Nigerian | 2 |
Italian | 1 |
Lithuanian | 1 |
Latvian | 1 |
British / American | 1 |
Colombian | 1 |
Egyptian | 1 |
Ukrainian | 1 |
German | 1 |
Irish | 1 |
Dutch | 1 |
Somali | 1 |
Pakistani | 1 |
Total | 36 |
Requests from US to UK – unsuccessful
Nationality | Number |
British | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Requests from UK to USA – successful
Nationality | Number |
British | 5 |
American | 3 |
Nigerian | 1 |
Italian | 1 |
Chinese | 1 |
British / Montenegrin | 1 |
Ghanaian | 1 |
Indian / American | 1 |
Total | 14 |
There has only been one unsuccessful request from the UK to the USA.
Please note that “unsuccessful” requests include those refused by the court.
All figures are from local management information and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests were made by the UK to the USA during the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2019; and of those requests (a) what the nationality was of the defendant for each extradition request, (b) how many extraditions requests were successful, by the nationality of the defendant and (c) how many extradition requests were rejected, by the nationality of the defendant.
Answered by James Brokenshire
As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we do not disclose whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request. We therefore cannot provide the total number of extradition requests made by the UK to the USA or vice versa.
We can, however, provide the figures for both successful and unsuccessful extradition requests. These can only be provided from 2016 because before then the nationality in extradition requests was not regularly centrally recorded in all cases.
Requests from US to UK – successful
Nationality | Number |
British | 11 |
American | 8 |
Romanian | 3 |
Nigerian | 2 |
Italian | 1 |
Lithuanian | 1 |
Latvian | 1 |
British / American | 1 |
Colombian | 1 |
Egyptian | 1 |
Ukrainian | 1 |
German | 1 |
Irish | 1 |
Dutch | 1 |
Somali | 1 |
Pakistani | 1 |
Total | 36 |
Requests from US to UK – unsuccessful
Nationality | Number |
British | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Requests from UK to USA – successful
Nationality | Number |
British | 5 |
American | 3 |
Nigerian | 1 |
Italian | 1 |
Chinese | 1 |
British / Montenegrin | 1 |
Ghanaian | 1 |
Indian / American | 1 |
Total | 14 |
There has only been one unsuccessful request from the UK to the USA.
Please note that “unsuccessful” requests include those refused by the court.
All figures are from local management information and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the safe detention of people accused of a crime who are displaying symptoms of covid-19.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Home Office are in regular contact with the National Police Chiefs' Counsel (NPCC) and other key stakeholders regarding custody related matters. The NPCC have circulated guidance for all police forces in order for them to safely manage their custody suites with respect to their detainees, staff and visitors.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to allow civil servants to work from home during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Communications have been issued to all Home Office staff making it clear that if their job can be done from home they should work from home.
They should only come into the workplace if this has been agreed with their manager and is essential for business delivery. Steps are being taken to ensure that employees have access to the necessary IT to enable them to work at home if possible as well as access to wellbeing support.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allocate additional funding to Merseyside police to tackle the safety implications of quarantining citizens flying back from Wuhan at Arrowe Park hospital.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Merseyside Police could submit a claim for additional costs incurred from policing an unexpected and exceptional event within their area in the form of an application for Special Grant, provided it meets the relevant criteria of threatening the financial stability of the police force and their capacity to deliver effective policing and/or the additional costs equal or exceed 1% of the force’s budget.
As set out in the police funding settlement for 2020/21, Merseyside Police will receive up to £359.4m in funding next year, if the Police and Crime Commissioner chooses to increase their precept flexibility. This is an increase of up to £27.1m on 2019/20.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she is making on the recruitment of new frontline police officers in Merseyside.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
In October 2019 Home Office confirmed officer allocations for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift. The Home Office is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to support all forces deliver these allocations.
Merseyside Police has been allocated 200 officers in year 1 of the uplift. Merseyside Police will receive up to £359.4m in funding in 2020/21 an increase of up to £27.1m on 2019/20, and of up to £46.8m compared to 2018/19.
The Home Office publishes the statistical series 'Police workforce, England and Wales' on a biannual basis. The next publication is scheduled for release on Thursday 30 January and will contain information on the number of officers in post as at 30 September 2019. Data on joiners and leavers are published annually, in the July release of the bulletin, which covers the situation as at 31 March.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional funding from the public purse will be allocated to Merseyside Police for (a) training and (b) recruitment; and how many additional police officers will be recruited to Merseyside Police in each of the next five years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
In October 2019 Home Office confirmed officer allocations for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift. The Home Office is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to support all forces deliver these allocations.
Merseyside Police has been allocated 200 officers in year 1 of the uplift. Merseyside Police will receive up to £359.4m in funding in 2020/21 an increase of up to £27.1m on 2019/20, and of up to £46.8m compared to 2018/19.
The Home Office publishes the statistical series 'Police workforce, England and Wales' on a biannual basis. The next publication is scheduled for release on Thursday 30 January and will contain information on the number of officers in post as at 30 September 2019. Data on joiners and leavers are published annually, in the July release of the bulletin, which covers the situation as at 31 March.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service has met representatives of the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
No meetings with representatives of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have taken place.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings her Department has had with Wirral Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
It is the duty of any responsible Government to prepare for every eventuality including the scenario that we leave the EU without agreeing a deal.
We are working closely with operational partners - including the police - on contingency planning so we can ensure the safety and security of our citizens in all scenarios.
Forces are working closely with partner agencies in Local Resilience Forums across the country to prepare at a local level.