Terrorism

(asked on 27th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of offences under sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the last five years.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 11th February 2015

Sections 11 and 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 set out the offences relating to proscribed organisations. Section 10 does not refer to an offence.

From 2009 to the end of March 2014, 6 people have been charged with proscription offences under sections 11 and 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 as a primary offence in the UK and 6 have been convicted of a proscription offence under those sections with that as the most serious charge. A breakdown of the figures by year is set out in the table below. This is likely to understate the numbers of people who have been prosecuted and convicted for these offences as information is only collected on the most serious offence for which a person is charged or convicted.

Principal offence for which persons charged in UK

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Total

Membership of a proscribed organisation (ss11,12)

-

-

1

5

-

6

Principal offences for which persons convicted in UK

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Total

Membership of a proscribed organisation (ss11,12)

-

-

-

4

2 & 25*-

31

Note

1. Data are collated on the principal offence rule; only the most serious offence for which an offender is convicted is included.

2. The figures provided relate to convictions for all classifications of the offences specified.

3. Figures for convictions in Northern Ireland are only available for the years 2007 – 2009.

4. *The figure for convictions in 2013/14 includes a provisional figure of 25 convictions in the period January to March 2014 this figure has been provided by the Northern Ireland Courts & Tribunals Service.

The published statistics broken down by year for Great Britain can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347817/operation-police-powers-terrorism-1314-tabs.ods

The published statistics on charges broken down by year between 2011/12-2013/14
for Northern Ireland can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=northern-ireland-office


Proscription supports other disruptive activities, including immigration disruptions, prosecution for other offences, EU asset freezes and messaging to deter fundraising and recruitment. Proscription can also demonstrate support for other members of the international community in tackling terrorism.

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