European Arrest Warrants
(asked on 5th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) UK nationals were extradited from the UK under a European arrest warrant in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) since April 2014; and to which EU member states they were extradited.
The below table shows the number of (a) people and (b) UK nationals extradited from the UK using the Arrest Warrant, broken down by financial year. Validated figures from April 2014 are not yet available.
2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |
People extradited from the UK (excluding Scotland) under an EAW | 772 | 1,100 | 1,076 | 1,057 | 1,067 |
UK nationals extradited from the UK (excluding Scotland) under an EAW | 48 | 49 | 41 | 43 | 36 |
The table below show the Member States to which people were surrendered, broken down by financial year. It is not possible to distinguish between UK nationals and others as a result of the way the information is recorded by the National Crime Agency. Validated figures from April 2014 are not yet available.
Part 1 Surrenders | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Total |
Austria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Belgium | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 43 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
Cyprus | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Czech Republic | 46 | 49 | 72 | 46 | 39 | 252 |
Denmark | 1 | 1 | ||||
Estonia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
Finland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
France | 20 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 77 |
Germany | 23 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 117 |
Greece | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Hungary | 13 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 129 |
Ireland | 23 | 19 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 141 |
Italy | 11 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 47 |
Latvia | 15 | 34 | 41 | 58 | 43 | 191 |
Lithuania | 73 | 91 | 99 | 88 | 67 | 418 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Malta | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Netherlands | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 80 |
Poland | 451 | 708 | 618 | 627 | 640 | 3,044 |
Portugal | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
Romania | 23 | 34 | 38 | 48 | 79 | 222 |
Slovakia | 8 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 95 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Spain | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 74 |
Sweden | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
Total | 772 | 1,100 | 1,076 | 1,057 | 1,067 | 5,082 |