Terrorism: Prosecutions
(asked on 9th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been made under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year since 2010.
The published statistics for charges brought under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 grouped together with Sections 11 and 12 (as a primary offence) for Great Britain can be found at:
The published statistics on charges broken down by year between 2012/13 to 2014 for Northern Ireland can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=northern-ireland-office
No further breakdown is available. The figures for Great Britain are 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. Proscription sends a strong message that terrorist organisations are not tolerated in the UK and deters them from operating here.
Proscription is an important tool available to the Government, police and security service to disrupt terrorist activity. It makes it a criminal offence to belong to or support a proscribed group. Proscription can also support other disruptive activities, including immigration disruptions, prosecution for other offences, EU asset freezes and broader action to deter fundraising and recruitment. Additionally, all resources of a proscribed organisation are terrorist property and subject to seizure.