European Arrest Warrants

(asked on 5th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July to question 156611 on European Arrest Warrants, what the average time was between arrests for extradition and the surrender of people so arrested from the UK to (a) Norway and (b) Switzerland; and what comparative assessment he has made of (a) that average time and (b) the average time under the European Arrest Warrant.


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Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 12th July 2018

The Home Office does not hold the specific statistics requested.

The UK’s position is that it is the interests of both the UK and the EU to continue the efficient and reliable operational capabilities provided by the European Arrest Warrant once the UK leaves the EU, and we are working with the EU and Member States to ensure that this is the case.

The Government’s policy paper ‘Framework for the UK-EU Security Partnership’, published on 9 May 2018 sets out the value the UK judges the European Arrest Warrant provides.

Outside of the EU, the UK enjoys good relations in respect of extradition with Norway and Switzerland, with timely extradition of individuals to and from the UK.

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