I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 15 January 2018, UIN 122667.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1539", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wyre and Preston North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Ben Wallace"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-24T15:46:18.247Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hezbollah"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens who are members of Hezbollah.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/166", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Joan Ryan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Joan Ryan"} ], "uin" : "266894"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133145", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133145/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
When deciding whether to certify an extradition request, the Secretary of State follows the following criteria as set out in Section 70 of the 2003 Extradition Act: -<\/p>
(1) The Secretary of State must issue a certificate under this section if he receives a valid request for the extradition to a category 2 territory of a person who is in the United Kingdom.<\/p>
(2) But subsection (1) does not apply if the Secretary of State decides under section 126 that the request is not to be proceeded with.<\/p>
(3) A request for a person\u2019s extradition is valid if\u2014
(a) it contains the statement referred to in subsection (4), and
(b) it is made in the approved way.<\/p>
(4) The statement is one that the person\u2014
(a) is accused in the category 2 territory of the commission of an offence specified in the request, or
(b) is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction by a court in the cate-gory 2 territory of an offence specified in the request.<\/p>
(5) A request for extradition to a category 2 territory which is a British over-seas territory is made in the approved way if it is made by or on behalf of the person administering the territory.<\/p>
(6) A request for extradition to a category 2 territory which is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People\u2019s Republic of China is made in the approved way if it is made by or on behalf of the government of the Re-gion.<\/p>
(7) A request for extradition to any other category 2 territory is made in the ap-proved way if it is made\u2014
(a) by an authority of the territory which the Secretary of State believes has the function of making requests for extradition in that territory, or
(b) by a person recognised by the Secretary of State as a diplomatic or consu-lar representative of the territory.<\/p>
(8) A certificate under this section must certify that the request is made in the approved way.<\/p>
(9) If a certificate is issued under this section the Secretary of State must send these documents to the appropriate judge\u2014
(a) the request;
(b) the certificate;
(c) a copy of any relevant Order in Council.<\/p>"}
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(a) The Home Office records the number of individuals that have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and this information is published quarterly by the National Crime Agency, found at http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics. <\/a><\/p> As NRM referrals, Reasonable Grounds and Conclusive Grounds decisions are considered separately from immigration enforcement action, there is no central record of those who have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and are detained under immigration powers. The Home Office therefore does not collate or publish the data requested<\/p>