European Arrest Warrants

(asked on 30th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrant applications have been granted for extradition (a) from the UK and (b) to the UK for each type of offence in each year since 2010.


Answered by
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James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 10th November 2014

From 2010 until 2013 the following numbers of Arrest Warrants, broken down by offence, have been issued to other Member States:

Table 1

Arrest Warrant requests to other Member States, by offence

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Aggravated Burglary

0

0

0

0

0

Armed Robbery

9

11

2

1

23

Arms Trafficking

1

2

0

0

3

Arson

1

1

0

0

2

Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm

0

0

0

1

1

Assault On Police

0

0

0

1

1

Blank

0

1

0

0

1

Burglary

0

0

0

0

0

Child Sex Offences

32

26

28

24

110

Counterfeiting

2

1

3

1

7

Death By Dangerous Driving

0

0

0

0

0

Drugs Offences

0

0

0

4

4

Drugs Trafficking

59

37

39

46

181

Evasion Of Duty - Over £100,000

0

0

0

1

1

Fraud

49

37

42

14

142

Fraud - Over £100,000

0

0

0

3

3

Fraud - Under £100,000

0

0

0

0

0

Grievous Bodily Harm

12

19

18

14

63

Human Trafficking

0

0

0

3

3

Immigration & Human Trafficking

1

15

9

8

33

Kidnapping

3

6

3

4

16

Money Laundering

2

6

4

4

16

Murder

15

18

33

10

76

Murder/Manslaughter

0

0

0

4

4

Other

32

21

53

38

144

Perverting The Course Of Justice

0

0

0

0

0

Possession Of A Firearm

0

0

0

1

1

Rape

14

14

18

19

65

Robbery

8

3

10

7

28

Terrorism

0

0

1

4

5

Theft

12

8

8

6

34

Theft - Over £100,000

0

0

0

0

0

Theft - Under £100,000

0

0

0

1

1

Total

252

226

271

219

968


From 2010 until 2013 the following numbers of Arrest Warrants, broken down by offence, have been issued by other Member States and received and certified by the National Crime Agency:

Table 2

Arrest Warrant requests received from other Member States and certified by the National Crime Agency, by offence

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Affray

0

0

0

1

1

Aggravated Burglary

0

0

0

111

111

Armed Robbery

110

354

386

253

1,103

Arms Trafficking

6

26

21

9

62

Arson

12

14

16

14

56

Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm

0

0

0

99

99

Assault on Police

0

0

0

8

8

Blackmail/Extortion

0

0

0

2

2

Burglary

0

0

0

70

70

Child Sex Offences

85

114

165

74

438

Common Assault

0

0

0

7

7

Counterfeit Currency - High volume/value

0

0

0

1

1

Counterfeit Currency - minimal quantity/value

0

0

0

15

15

Counterfeit Goods

0

0

0

7

7

Counterfeiting

24

18

24

2

68

Criminal Damage - over £5000

0

0

0

0

0

Criminal Damage - under £5000

0

0

0

9

9

Death by Dangerous driving

0

0

0

8

8

Driving Whilst Disqualified

0

0

0

38

38

Drugs Offences

0

0

0

213

213

Drugs Trafficking

455

1,409

1,073

645

3,582

E-Crime

2

2

4

8

16

Evasion of Duty - over £100,000

0

0

0

14

14

Evasion of Duty - under £100,000

0

0

0

34

34

Excess Alcohol/Drugs

0

0

0

7

7

Forgery - Not Currency

0

0

0

56

56

Fraud

1,004

818

603

282

2,707

Fraud - over £100,000

0

0

0

150

150

Fraud - under £100,000

0

0

0

515

515

Going Equipped to Steal

0

0

0

4

4

Grievous Bodily Harm

218

594

702

403

1,917

Gross Indecency with a Child

0

0

0

0

0

Human Trafficking

0

0

0

35

35

Immigration & Human Trafficking

140

405

361

164

1,070

Kidnapping

46

160

145

54

405

Living off Immoral Earnings

0

0

0

0

0

Making Threats to Kill

0

0

0

20

20

Money Laundering

31

22

32

30

115

Murder

197

394

415

119

1,125

Murder/Manslaughter

0

0

0

99

99

Organised Crime

0

0

0

37

37

Other

646

800

1,037

548

3,031

Parental Abduction

0

0

0

50

50

Perverting the Course of justice

0

0

0

1

1

Possession of a Firearm

0

0

0

4

4

Possession of Drugs for Personal Use

0

0

0

1

1

Public Order

0

0

0

11

11

Racism & Xenophobia

0

0

1

3

4

Racism and Xenophobia

0

0

0

1

1

Rape

123

189

233

101

646

Robbery

358

395

345

223

1,321

Robbery (Serious/Organised)

0

0

0

3

3

Serious Assault/Grievous Bodily Harm

0

0

0

16

16

Serious Sexual Assault

0

0

0

6

6

Sexual Exploitation

0

0

0

21

21

Terrorism

72

44

55

39

210

Theft

829

749

670

334

2,582

Theft - over £100,000

0

0

0

26

26

Theft - under £100,000

0

0

0

494

494

War Crimes

11

5

2

23

41

Total

4,369

6,512

6,290

5,522

22,693

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