Extradition: USA

(asked on 22nd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer on 9 February 2021 to Question 146998, what the evidential basis is for her Department's assessment that the US does not discriminate between UK and US nationals in extradition arrangements between the UK and the US.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 26th March 2021

Article 3 of the UK / US Extradition Treaty states that:

  • Extradition shall not be refused based on the nationality of the person sought

Therefore nationality is not a consideration in making or receiving requests to or from the US.

Further information on the nationality of those surrendered to the US can be found in the response to the Honourable Member for Totnes to PQs 90259 and 90260 answered on 23 September 2020.

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