Asked by: Lord Skidelsky (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, in relation to Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, how many UK citizens have (1) been questioned under the power in paragraph 1, (2) been detained under the power in paragraph 4, and (3) had articles retained under the power in paragraph 11.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Schedule 3 helps protect public safety by allowing counter-terrorism police to conduct a Schedule 3 stop and examination of a person at the border for the purpose of determining whether they appear to be someone who is involved in hostile activity. Hostile State Actors may be highly sophisticated and have significant operational capability.
It is because of this that the Government has decided to take a more cautious approach to the publication of statistics relating to the use of Schedule 3 powers and will not comment on operational matters.
Information and statistics related to the use of Schedule 3 powers are made available to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner in support of his statutory oversight function and to inform his annual report.