Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were referred to Pathfinder for possible radicalisation in prison in each year since the scheme was introduced.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
All convicted terrorists are referred to Pathfinder upon entry to prison. Information on the number of persons in custody for terrorism connected offences is published. The most recent data is available here: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation: Arrests, outcomes, and stop and search, Great Britain, quarterly update to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The Ministry of Justice is unable to disclose the numbers of non-TACT connected offenders who are identified as posing a terrorist risk due to security considerations.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested for terrorism-related activity have been released under investigation in each year since 2014.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
Table 1: Number of persons arrested for terrorism-related activity with latest charging outcomes released without being charged, or bailed to return & released under investigation, each year from Year to September 2014 to Year to September 2022.
| Year to Sept 2014 | Year to Sept 2015 | Year to Sept 2016 | Year to Sept 2017 | Year to Sept 2018 | Year to Sept 2019 | Year to Sept 2020 | Year to Sept 2021 | Year to Sept 2022 |
Released without being charged | 140 | 175 | 141 | 273 | 145 | 128 | 104 | 83 | 85 |
Bailed to return & released under investigation | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Prior to the June 2019 publication, those who were released under investigation were unable to be recorded separately and were recorded as 'released without charge'. From June 2019 the Home Office has published numbers on those bailed to return & released under investigation as one figure. Data presented here are based on the latest position with each case as at the date of data provision from CTPHQ Coordination Centre (23 October 2023).
Therefore individuals released under investigation may have their outcome updated over time, and the numbers change accordingly. More information regarding individuals arrested and charged for terrorist-related activity can be found in the Home Office’s Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 statistics release.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were referred to the Prevent programme in each year since 2015.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
Table 1: Number of referrals to the Prevent programme from HMPPS each year, 2015/16 to 2022/23
Financial Year | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
Number of Referrals to Prevent made by HMPPS | 155 | 283 | 269 | 297 | 373 | 335 | 287 | 267 |
This data is taken from the annual statistical release ‘Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent programme’ which can be found at Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
HMPPS includes staff working for HM Prison and Probation Service, including Youth Offender Services. Data here has been taken from the latest Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme publication, April 2022 to March 2023. This data comes from a live database which is regularly updated and in some cases there may be a delay in a particular case being entered into the system, therefore, at any given time, the published figures may not be 100% accurate.
The number of referrals reported includes individuals who had been referred more than once during the year. This information is included as each referral may not contain the same information (for example, different sector of referral or type of concern) and may not have the same outcome (for example, signposted to statutory partners, discussed at a Channel panel).
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) infantry, (b) artillery, (c) armoured and (d) support battalions there were in the Army on 1 January in each of the last eight years.
Answered by James Heappey
The table below show the formations of the Army from 2016-2023. This was extracted from the Government website (Table 6 for the Army):
UK_Armed_Forces_Equipment_and_Formations_2023_tables.xlsx (live.com)
Land Formations of UK Armed Forces
Combat Role and arm/corps | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Combat Forces | 61 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 63 |
Infantry | 46 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
Regular Army Battalions | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Army Reserves Battalions | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Royal Armoured Corps | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Regular Army Regiments | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Combat Support Forces | 62 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 64 |
Royal Artillery | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Regular Army Regiments | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Royal Engineers | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Regular Army Regiments | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Royal Signals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Regular Army Regiments | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Intelligence Corps | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Regular Army Regiments | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Combat Service Support | 71 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 62 |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Regular Army Battalions | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Army Reserves Battalions | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Royal Logistic Corps | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Regular Army Regiments | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 19 |
Regular Army Regiments | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
Royal Military Police | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Regular Army Regiments | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Army Reserves Regiments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corps, Division & Brigade HQ | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
NATO Corps HQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Division / District HQ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Deployable | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Non-deployable | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Brigade HQ | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Deployable | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Non-deployable | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regiments were active in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Marines in each year since 2010.
Answered by James Heappey
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regiments in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Marines have been disbanded since 2010.
Answered by James Heappey
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of Army training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.
Answered by James Heappey
This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many international military training exercises UK personnel took part in each year since 2015.
Answered by James Heappey
I refer the hon. Member to my letter dated 12 December 2023 to Question 13864 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne, (Mr Healey) which was deposited in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of RAF training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.
Answered by James Heappey
This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a minimum number of vessels in a Royal Navy carrier battle group.
Answered by James Heappey
The composition and size of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployments are tailored to meet the operational requirement and all options are continuously reviewed to ensure optimum Royal Navy output.
The last CSG deployment between September and November 2023 included exercising and integration with NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force, operating in the Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea and High North with five Royal Navy/RFA ships as well as vessels from partners and allies.