Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of terrorist offences since 2001 have been released from prison and are (a) resident in an approved premise and (b) living in the community; and what proportion of each group is under regular police watch.

The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of terrorism and domestic extremist prisoners released from prison custody. These data are published in the ‘Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation” statistical bulletins, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-financial-year-ending-march-2017

Table P05 in the data tables accompanying this release shows the number of prisoners released from prison custody between January 2011 and December 2016. The Home Office does not hold this information for years prior to 2011.

The Home Office does not hold information on the number of prisoners released that are (a) resident in an approved premise or (b) living in the community or the proportion that are under regular police watch.