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114846

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date	05/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens were subject to a European arrest warrant in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the National Crime Agency received 7,881 arrest warrants from other EU Member States, of which 132 (or 1.67%) were issued in respect of UK nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:52:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

114889

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	213463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>People extradited from the UK (excluding Scotland) under an EAW </strong></p></td><td><p>772</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,076</p></td><td><p>1,057</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK nationals extradited from the UK (excluding Scotland) under an EAW</strong></p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Part 1 Surrenders</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Austria</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bulgaria</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cyprus</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Czech Republic</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Denmark</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Estonia</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Finland</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greece</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hungary</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Italy</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Latvia</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lithuania</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Luxembourg</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Malta</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Netherlands</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Poland</strong></p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>627</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>3,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Portugal</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Romania</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Slovakia</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Slovenia</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spain</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sweden</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>772</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,076</p></td><td><p>1,057</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>5,082</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:57:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

106326

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>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.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final court decisions on Arrest Warrants issued by Member States for the surrender of British Nationals</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrants for British nationals that were refused by the court</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrant for British nationals refused as a proportion of total of final court decisions.</p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>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.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 213255 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:56:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

106330

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrant requests levied against British citizens have been refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>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.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final court decisions on Arrest Warrants issued by Member States for the surrender of British Nationals</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrants for British nationals that were refused by the court</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrant for British nationals refused as a proportion of total of final court decisions.</p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>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.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 213339 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:56:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

105994

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold the information that you requested. However, after careful consideration we have decided not to disclose the information as we have a contractual obligation to treat the costs as confidential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:04:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105996

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant to each other EU member state in each of the last five years; what allegations or offences each such person was extradited for; whether each such person was convicted of that extradition offence; if they were extradited for prosecution; and what sentences were imposed upon each.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Between the start of the 2009-2010 business year and 31 March 2014 the UK has extradited a total of 217 British nationals under the Arrest Warrant. This represents 4.3% of the 5072 people surrendered during this period.<br><br></p><p>The attached table breaks down by country surrender to, offence and business year.</p><p>Due to the way in which the National Crime Agency holds the data it has not been possible to break down this data by whether the Arrest Warrant was issued in an accusation or conviction case. Data on sentences imposed is not routinely provided by other Member States.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 14:19:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 213179.docx title Extradited British nationals - Arrest Warrant
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

105997

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is permissible for the UK under Article 6 of the European Convention on Extradition to refuse to extradite British nationals in certain cases rather than to impose a blanket refusal to extradite any British national.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Article 6 of the European Convention on Extradition allows Contracting Parties to refuse to extradite their nationals (in any circumstances).</p><p>It is already the case that the UK does not extradite British nationals in some cases where the tests in the Extradition Act 2003 are not met or where a statutory bar to extradition applies. British nationals are extradited in other cases, where the tests in the Act are met and the statutory bars to extradition do not apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:53:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106001

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of extraditions of (a) British nationals and (b) other persons sought from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant were barred for reason of incompatibility with Convention rights in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the reasons why Arrest Warrants have been refused by the courts, including on Human Rights grounds, is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:52:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106003

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds in EU law the UK may refuse to execute a European Arrest Warrant under the provisions of (a) section 13, (b) section 14 and (c) section 25 of the Extradition Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A UK judge may refuse to execute an Arrest Warrant on the basis of section 13, 14 or 25 of the 2003 Act by virtue of Article 1(3) of EU Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, which is very clear that the Decision shall not have the effect of modifying the obligation to respect fundamental rights and fundamental legal principles as enshrined in Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union. <br><br>In addition, the recitals to the Decision set out at that &quot;Nothing in this Framework Decision may be interpreted as prohibiting refusal to surrender a <br>person for whom a European arrest warrant has been issued when there are reasons to believe, on the basis of objective elements, that the said arrest warrant has been issued for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on the grounds of his or her sex, race, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, language, political opinions or sexual orientation, or that that person's position may be prejudiced for any of these reasons.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:54:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106004

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forecast she has made of the likely proportion of extraditions sought from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant of (a) British nationals and (b) other persons that will be barred under (i) section 12A and (ii) the proportionality test in section 21A of the Extradition Act 2003 as amended, in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Between the date on which the Government's reforms to the Arrest Warrant came into force (21 July 2014) and 31 October 2014, the National Crime Agency (NCA) refused to certify 21 Arrest Warrants on proportionality grounds. In addition to this, the courts have discharged one case on the basis of the new proportionality test in section 21A of the 2003 Act.<br><br>No Arrest Warrants have been discharged by the courts on charge and try grounds in this three-month period, but we expect that position will change as the legislation now provides for a UK judge to refuse extradition where issuing State is not trial-ready.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:51:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg