Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) import extradition requests her Department received from non-Category 1 and 2 countries and (b) export extradition requests her Department made to non-category 1 and 2 countries in each year since 2009-10; and how many such requests were (i) granted and (ii) refused.
James Brokenshire
“Category 2 territories” refers to countries designated as extradition partners under Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003. Not all the information requested is held centrally. The tables below set out the information which is centrally held by the Home Office.
Figures for the numbers of people extradited or requests refused in a particular year may include those for whom a request was made in a previous year.
Import extradition requests involving Category 2 territories
Year |
Requests submitted to the Home Office for Category 2 territories |
Requests sent to Category 2 territories |
Number of people extradited to the UK |
2009 |
35 |
35 |
26 |
2010 |
33 |
33 |
19 |
2011 |
49 |
49 |
22 |
2012 |
32 |
32 |
25 |
2013 |
23 |
23 |
26 |
2014 |
37 |
37 |
11 |
2015 |
45 |
45 |
26 |