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Damian Green corrected the Commons record on Arrest Warrants

1 April 2014 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Home Department

Damian Green made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 1 April 2014. The correction replaced 11 figures (124, 1536, 216, 234, 242, 323) with 3 figures (455, 564, 641). Altogether 84 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for the surrender of an individual under a European Arrest Warrant were received by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in 2010-11. Letter of correction from Damian Green: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) on 1 December 2011. The full answer given was as follows:

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OriginalCorrected
[holding answer 18 June 2012]: During the business year 2011-12, the Serious Organised Crime Agency received 5,832 European arrest warrants issued by EU member states—this figure includes four issued by Gibraltar. The following table breaks this figure down by issuing state.
Number of European arrest warrants received by the serious Organised Crime Agency, broken down by issuing state Country
| Number
Austria
| 86
Belgium
| 363
Bulgaria
| 70
Cyprus
| 11
Czech Republic
| 216
Denmark
| 11
Estonia
| 4
Finland
| 24
France
| 323
Germany
| 748
Gibraltar
| 4
Greece
| 43
Hungary
| 195
Ireland
| 46
Italy
| 234
Latvia
| 96
Lithuania
| 242
Luxembourg
| 10
Malta
| 10
Netherlands
| 345
Poland
| 1536
Portugal
| 62
Romania
| 584
Slovakia
| 124
Slovenia
| 24
Spain
| 323
Sweden
| 98
Total
| 5,832
The correct answer should have been:		[holding answer 18 June 2012]: During the business year 2011-12, the Serious Organised Crime Agency received 5,64 1 European arrest warrants issued by EU member states—this figure includes four issued by Gibraltar. The following table breaks this figure down by issuing state.
Number of European arrest warrants received by the serious Organised Crime Agency, broken down by issuing state Requests by requesting country
| To tal
Austria
| 8 5
Belgium
| 3 58
Bulgaria
| 67
Cyprus
| 1 0
Czech Republic
| 2 03
Denmark
| 11
Estonia
| 4
Finland
| 2 2
France
| 3 19
Germany
| 7 37
Gibraltar
| 3
Greece
| 4 2
Hungary
| 195
Ireland
| 4 4
Italy
| 2 26
Latvia
| 8 6
Lithuania
| 2 30
Luxembourg
| 10
Malta
| 9
Netherlands
| 34 0
Poland
| 1 ,455
Portugal
| 6 1
Romania
| 5 67
Slovakia
| 1 19
Slovenia
| 24
Spain
| 3 18
Sweden
| 9 6
Grand Total
| 5, 641

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