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44783

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2014
	date	24/03/2014
	date tabled	24/03/2014
	ddp created	25/03/2014 00:31:04
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:58:56
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	193408
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 604W, on EU Justice and Home Affairs, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 193408
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193408
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the response given by the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) on 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 70W. In addition, JHA agreements have also been concluded with Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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60436

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	06/06/2014
	date tabled	06/06/2014
	ddp created	06/06/2014 16:10:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:59:32
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	identifier	199523
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/09/2014 11:59:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many German nationals have been extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199523
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199523
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>Due to the way data was recorded prior to 2009, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of surrenders of German nationals for the years prior to 2009/2010. <br><br>According to information obtained from the National Crime Agency, between the 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 business years, two German nationals were extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant from Germany.<br><br>The individuals were Frank Schaper and Michael Luck.</p><p /> <p>Schaper was wanted for the fraudulent evasion of excise duty after entering the UK driving a lorry containing 8,435,200 cigarettes. No duty had been paid on the cigarettes, and the duty evaded totalled £1,242,080. After failing to attend court in the UK, Schaper was arrested in Germany in September 2009 and extradited back to the UK on 18 September 2009. <br><br>Luck was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of another lorry driver in the UK. He failed to appear at a police station as instructed, and <br>was thought to have fled to Germany. When Luck was eventually located in Germany, he was found to be serving a sentence for another offence. The German authorities subsequently agreed to his temporary surrender and he was returned to the UK on 17 June 2011 to stand trial. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. He was transferred back to Germany on 17 October 2011 to serve both his remaining German sentence, and his UK sentence.<br><br>Figures for 2013 indicate that the main ground for refusal of extradition by Germany to all EU countries, not just the UK, was under Article 4(6) of the <br>European Arrest Warrant Framework Decision. This provides that where the person has been requested to serve a sentence, the executing state may refuse to extradite its nationals and residents, and instead enforce the sentence in that state</p><p />
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62351

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	17/06/2014
	date tabled	17/06/2014
	ddp created	17/06/2014 21:11:49
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:39:17
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Extradition: EU Countries
	house id	1
	identifier	201018
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/09/2014 15:33:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on arrest warrants, in addition to Slovakia, Latvia, Belgium and the Czech Republic, which other EU member states retain an absolute bar on extraditing nationals in non-European Arrest Warrant extradition cases.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201018
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201018
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States have an absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals: <br><br>• Austria<br>• Belgium<br>• Czech Republic<br>• France<br>• Germany<br>• Greece<br>• Latvia<br>• Luxembourg<br>• Slovakia<br>• Slovenia<br>• Spain<br><br>In addition, Finland and Sweden have an absolute bar to extraditing their own nationals to countries other than Norway &amp; Iceland.</p><p />
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60437

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	06/06/2014
	date tabled	06/06/2014
	ddp created	06/06/2014 16:10:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:59:37
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	identifier	199524
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 16:32:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited to the UK for tax offences under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199524
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199524
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been involved in 42 cases where people have been surrendered to the UK for tax offences since 2008/09 on a European Arrest Warrant. <br><br>2008/2009 - 6<br>2009/2010 -12<br>2010/2011 - 5<br>2011/2012 - 5<br>2012/2013 - 7<br>2013/2014 - 3<br>2014/2015 - 4</p><p> </p><p><br>These figures do not represent all cases involving tax offences, as other EAWs which may include tax offences were not dealt with by HMRC and are not recorded separately.</p><p> </p>
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48618

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:51:19
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:55:11
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	196677
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate how many fugitives each year would not be returned to the UK if the UK does not opt into the European Arrest Warrant.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196677
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196677
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>I refer my Hon. Friend to page 27 of the Government response to the European <br>Scrutiny Committee Report of 7 November 2013. <br>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmeuleg/978/978.pdf<br>The report includes numerous examples of people surrendered to the UK under an <br>EAW who would not have been extradited under the predecessor process. This is <br>the 1957 European Convention on Extradition (ECE), a much older and more <br>restrictive regime, which allows states to refuse the extradition of their <br>nationals, however grave the crimes for which they are requested; permits the <br>refusal to extradite for offences which are time-barred under the law of the <br>requested state; and has a bar on extradition for some tax offences.</p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25259
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62952

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	19/06/2014
	date tabled	19/06/2014
	ddp created	19/06/2014 19:21:27
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 10:24:51
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police
	house id	1
	identifier	201501
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 12:30:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201501
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201501
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The figures provided show the number of police officers per 100,000 population <br />in England and in Wales as at 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
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171303

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/01/2015
	date	17/12/2014
	date tabled	17/12/2014
	ddp created	17/12/2014 23:10:53
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 18:36:00
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force
	house id	1
	identifier	219212
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/01/2015 14:53:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to increase the number of front-line staff employed to work at the UK border.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 219212
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219212
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Border Force has recruited additional officers over the past two and a half years and currently employs 7,900 operational staff across the UK – an increase from 7,029 in 2012. Border Force officers work closely with the National Crime <br>Agency's Border Policing Command, which was created in 2013 and has over 300 officers based at UK ports and airports, to ensure that there is a single coherent strategy for border security, based on a shared assessment of risk and <br>threat.<br><br>Border Force has a clear operating mandate that sets out the checks required for both passengers and customs activity. Its workforce has become increasingly multi-skilled, dynamic and flexible; allowing for staff to be deployed to areas <br>of greatest need at short notice. This approach, which is similar to those adopted by other law enforcement organisations, ensures that frontline resources are concentrated where they are needed most.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25259
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101451

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	28/10/2014
	date tabled	28/10/2014
	ddp created	28/10/2014 23:51:32
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 04:52:36
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	212268
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 15:58:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) suspected of and (b) charged with terrorism offences have been surrendered by the Republic of Ireland to the UK in each of the last 30 years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212268
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212268
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data is available between 1973 and 1999. It has not been possible to differentiate between terrorism and terrorist-related offences. Eight people in total were extradited to the UK from the Republic of Ireland for terrorism offences during this period and using the previous extradition arrangement. However, during this period the UK made 110 extradition requests to the Republic of Ireland in relation to terrorist offences, meaning that less than 10% of UK requests were successful during this period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Extradited to the UK</em></strong></p></td><td><p>Principal offence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>Terrorism</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1973</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1974</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1975</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1976</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1977</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1978</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1979</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1980</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1981</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1982</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1983</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1984</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1986</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>No reliable data is held between 1998 and 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2009 three people have been surrendered to the UK from the Republic of Ireland in connection with terrorist and terrorism-related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Patrick Gordon was arrested in Ireland in May 2013 and was surrendered to the UK in May 2014. He is charged with possessing documents containing information of a kind likely to be used by terrorists - bomb making recipes to produce napalm type weapons.</p><p> </p><p>Liam Rainey was surrendered to the UK in 2011. He has been convicted of kidnapping a well-known republican in Belfast.</p><p> </p><p>Ryan McKenna was arrested in Ireland in September 2013 and was surrendered to the UK in February 2014. He was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and possessing explosives. Along with four individuals he was accused of trying to bomb a railway line using an IED and a home-made mortar. He was subsequently acquitted of all charges on 1 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Although not yet surrendered, Adam Busby, the founder of the Scottish National Liberation Army, has been arrested in Ireland subject to a UK issued Arrest Warrant in relation to terrorism-related offences. He is wanted in connection with hoax bomb warnings and poisoning threats against well known political figures, including the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.</p><p> </p><p>The Irish Justice Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, made clear in a letter dated 4 September 2014 to the Home Secretary and Justice Secretary that should the UK fail to opt in to the package of 35 criminal justice measures on 1 December 2014, there is no guarantee that the Irish courts would preserve the validity of outstanding Arrest Warrants. Consequently, Adam Busby could walk free if the UK does not rejoin the Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any UK requests to Ireland for terrorist and terrorism-related offences being refused.</p><p> </p><p>In an article for the Irish Independent on 6 November the Irish Justice Minister noted that the, ‘…Arrest Warrant, in particular, had greatly assisted our mutual efforts to fight cross-border crime and to bring serious criminals, including terrorist, to justice’. Between 2010 and 2013 Ireland surrendered 88 people to the UK to face justice. This includes:</p><p>· Four for murder;</p><p>· Two for rape;</p><p>· 17 for child sex offences;</p><p>· One for kidnapping;</p><p>· Two for armed robbery; and</p><p>· 11 for Grievous Bodily Harm</p><p> </p><p>During this same period the UK (excluding Scotland) surrendered 114 people to Ireland, including for offences of murder, rape and child sex offences.</p><p> </p><p>Although extradition to and from Ireland was previously covered by the Backing of Warrants scheme, if the UK were not to rejoin the Arrest Warrant it would rely on the 1957European Convention on Extradition (ECE) in its relations with Ireland and all other EU member states. The Arrest Warrant offers the UK distinct advantages over the ECE.</p><p> </p><p>Firstly, the process of extradition under the Arrest Warrant is quicker and cheaper than under the ECE. It takes approximately three months to surrender someone using an Arrest Warrant, however, it takes ten months on average using the ECE. On average it costs £13,000 to extradite someone using the EAW, and £62,000 using the ECE. This means that it would have cost the UK more than £5.5m more to extradite the same number of people to Ireland between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, under the ECE certain countries can refuse to extradite their own nationals. This is not possible under the Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p>Thirdly, under the ECE, extradition can also be refused due to the length of time that has passed since the offence was committed. Again this is not possible under the Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p>Fourthly, Article 3 of the ECE allows refusals for ‘political offences’. It would be possible for terrorists to argue that their activities fell within the scope of this ground for refusal.</p><p> </p>
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101458

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	28/10/2014
	date tabled	28/10/2014
	ddp created	28/10/2014 23:51:34
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 04:53:22
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	212267
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 15:58:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) suspected of and (b) charged with terrorism-related offences were extradited to the UK from the Republic of Ireland in each of the last 30 years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212267
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212267
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data is available between 1973 and 1999. It has not been possible to differentiate between terrorism and terrorist-related offences. Eight people in total were extradited to the UK from the Republic of Ireland for terrorism offences during this period and using the previous extradition arrangement. However, during this period the UK made 110 extradition requests to the Republic of Ireland in relation to terrorist offences, meaning that less than 10% of UK requests were successful during this period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Extradited to the UK</em></strong></p></td><td><p>Principal offence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>Terrorism</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1973</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1974</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1975</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1976</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1977</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1978</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1979</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1980</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1981</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1982</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1983</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1984</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1986</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>No reliable data is held between 1998 and 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2009 three people have been surrendered to the UK from the Republic of Ireland in connection with terrorist and terrorism-related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Patrick Gordon was arrested in Ireland in May 2013 and was surrendered to the UK in May 2014. He is charged with possessing documents containing information of a kind likely to be used by terrorists - bomb making recipes to produce napalm type weapons.</p><p> </p><p>Liam Rainey was surrendered to the UK in 2011. He has been convicted of kidnapping a well-known republican in Belfast.</p><p> </p><p>Ryan McKenna was arrested in Ireland in September 2013 and was surrendered to the UK in February 2014. He was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and possessing explosives. Along with four individuals he was accused of trying to bomb a railway line using an IED and a home-made mortar. He was subsequently acquitted of all charges on 1 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Although not yet surrendered, Adam Busby, the founder of the Scottish National Liberation Army, has been arrested in Ireland subject to a UK issued Arrest Warrant in relation to terrorism-related offences. He is wanted in connection with hoax bomb warnings and poisoning threats against well known political figures, including the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.</p><p> </p><p>The Irish Justice Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, made clear in a letter dated 4 September 2014 to the Home Secretary and Justice Secretary that should the UK fail to opt in to the package of 35 criminal justice measures on 1 December 2014, there is no guarantee that the Irish courts would preserve the validity of outstanding Arrest Warrants. Consequently, Adam Busby could walk free if the UK does not rejoin the Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any UK requests to Ireland for terrorist and terrorism-related offences being refused.</p><p> </p><p>In an article for the Irish Independent on 6 November the Irish Justice Minister noted that the, ‘…Arrest Warrant, in particular, had greatly assisted our mutual efforts to fight cross-border crime and to bring serious criminals, including terrorist, to justice’. Between 2010 and 2013 Ireland surrendered 88 people to the UK to face justice. This includes:</p><p>· Four for murder;</p><p>· Two for rape;</p><p>· 17 for child sex offences;</p><p>· One for kidnapping;</p><p>· Two for armed robbery; and</p><p>· 11 for Grievous Bodily Harm</p><p> </p><p>During this same period the UK (excluding Scotland) surrendered 114 people to Ireland, including for offences of murder, rape and child sex offences.</p><p> </p><p>Although extradition to and from Ireland was previously covered by the Backing of Warrants scheme, if the UK were not to rejoin the Arrest Warrant it would rely on the 1957European Convention on Extradition (ECE) in its relations with Ireland and all other EU member states. The Arrest Warrant offers the UK distinct advantages over the ECE.</p><p> </p><p>Firstly, the process of extradition under the Arrest Warrant is quicker and cheaper than under the ECE. It takes approximately three months to surrender someone using an Arrest Warrant, however, it takes ten months on average using the ECE. On average it costs £13,000 to extradite someone using the EAW, and £62,000 using the ECE. This means that it would have cost the UK more than £5.5m more to extradite the same number of people to Ireland between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, under the ECE certain countries can refuse to extradite their own nationals. This is not possible under the Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p>Thirdly, under the ECE, extradition can also be refused due to the length of time that has passed since the offence was committed. Again this is not possible under the Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p>Fourthly, Article 3 of the ECE allows refusals for ‘political offences’. It would be possible for terrorists to argue that their activities fell within the scope of this ground for refusal.</p><p> </p>
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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/11/2014
	date	10/11/2014
	date tabled	10/11/2014
	ddp created	11/11/2014 10:36:53
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 08:08:02
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	identifier	213969
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/11/2014 16:36:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of appeals lodged by foreign national offenders against their removal from the UK were based wholly or in part on (a) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and (b) human rights grounds in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213969
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213969
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data on unsuccessful appeals against deportation is only held at the level of coordinated paper case files or within the notes section of the Case Information Database (CID). Such data is not aggregated in national reporting systems, which would mean these questions could only be answered through a disproportionately expensive manual case search to collate the data.<br><br>We can provide the following data</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 1: Foreign National Offender (FNO) appeals lodged, with outcomes, 1 January 2009 to 16 July 2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Year appeal lodged</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of FNO appeals lodged</p></td><td><p>1,781</p></td><td><p>1,908</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>2,147</p></td><td><p>2,441</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of appeals allowed</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appeals allowed on HR grounds</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information from the Home Office databases and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(2) A Foreign National Offender (FNO) is defined as an individual with a criminal case, on the Home Office's Case Information Database.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) Data relates to appeals lodged in the specified years. Appeal outcomes may have occurred in the same or subsequent years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(4) Appeals allowed on Human Rights grounds may have been granted under one or more articles.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(5) Allowed appeals is based on the latest appeal outcome which includes those allowed at both the lower and upper tiers.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(6) Data extracted on 16 July 2014.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>
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