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 European arrest warrants the UK has (a) issued and (b) received in each calendar year (i) between 2004 and 2013 and (ii) in 2014.


Answered by
Karen Bradley Portrait
Karen Bradley
This question was answered on 10th November 2014

The Serious Organised Crime Agency was replaced by the National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013. It receives Arrest Warrant requests from other EU member states on behalf of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This table shows how many Arrest Warrants the UK has issued and received in each calendar year since 2010. We do not hold the requested information for calendar years prior to 2010.

Arrest Warrants issued by UK

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Requests

252

226

271

219

968

Arrest Warrants received by UK

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Requests

4,369

6,512

6,290

5,522

22,693

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