European Arrest Warrants
(asked on 4th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of European Arrest Warrant requests made against UK citizens by other countries were refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
In the financial year 2013-14, ten Arrest Warrants from Member States for British nationals were refused by the courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Information is not held for the financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Financial year 2013-14
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Final court decisions on Arrest Warrants issued by Member States for the surrender of British Nationals | 46 |
Arrest Warrants for British nationals that were refused by the court | 10 |
Arrest Warrant for British nationals refused as a proportion of total of final court decisions. | 22% |
Of the total number of surrenders from England, Wales and Northern Ireland between April 2009 and March 2014, over 95% (4,855 of 5,072) of people surrendered were foreign nationals and just over 4.3% (217 of 5,072) were British nationals. By way of comparison, in non-Arrest Warrant cases over a similar period 40% of those extradited have been British nationals.