Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government which organisations are currently designated as terrorist organisations by (1) the UN Security Council, and (2) the United Kingdom.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
There are a number of organisations designated as terrorist organisations by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) under United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions. A list of these is publicly available at the UK Sanctions List.
UN Sanctions List: scsanctions.un.org/pnz54en-all.html
UK Sanctions List: docs.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.html
The list of proscribed organisations is publicly available on the GOV.uk website and was last updated in April 2024. 81 terrorist organisations are currently proscribed in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000, with an additional 14 Northern Ireland related terrorist organisations proscribed under preceding legislation.
The information requested is available at this link: Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations - GOV.UK
Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) The provisions in schedule 15 largely replicate the reforms for Northern Ireland, with appropriate modifications - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the respondent must be between the ages of 10 and 21, and in - Speech Link
3: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) Appeals will be made to the Crown court in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Sheriff Appeal - Speech Link
4: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) Clause 126 makes a minor amendment to ensure that sentencing for terrorist offenders in Northern Ireland - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) The Government are crystal clear: support for proscribed organisations is wholly unacceptable, and where - Speech Link
2: Luke Akehurst (Lab - North Durham) Members from Northern Ireland who lost friends and colleagues due to terrorism.My main concern, however - Speech Link
3: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) For far too long, a blind eye has been turned to the glorification of terrorism in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
4: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) In Northern Ireland, the term “kneecap” is related to a violent criminal act. - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) This is in no small part due to his service as a Minister in the Northern Ireland Office, and I look - Speech Link
2: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Con - Life peer) First, Hamas and Hezbollah are proscribed organisations. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) He was a distinguished Minister in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) talk to just one woman; we have to have a coalition of the women’s groups, like we had to do in Northern - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) My noble friend is absolutely right: we need to engage the broad range of women’s organisations. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) My Lords, first, the self-declared President of Syria is also head of a proscribed terrorist organisation - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) The fact that HTS is a proscribed terrorist group does not prevent the United Kingdom engaging with the - Speech Link
Nov. 28 2024
Source Page: Response to the report on the terrorism acts in 2022Found: The Northern Ireland-related Terrorism (NIRT) threat level in Northern Ireland was lowered to SUBSTANTIAL
May. 06 2025
Source Page: Consultation response on Non-Jury Trials in Northern Ireland, May 2025Found: Alliance Party Northern Ireland 2. Attorney General for Northern Ireland 3.
Mentions:
1: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) of Iranian proxy organisations. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Ireland very well, to bear the lessons of Northern Ireland in mind when dealing with the threat from - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There seems to be a concerted attempt by agitators to give popular legitimacy to proscribed organisations - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) It was proscribed as an external security organisation in 2001, the entire military wing was proscribed - Speech Link
Dec. 09 2024
Source Page: Northern Ireland Office launches consultation on the use of non-jury trials in Northern IrelandFound: the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.
Jan. 22 2025
Source Page: Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019: Post-legislative scrutinyFound: Levant (ISIL – also known as Daesh) and National Action) and 14 organisations in Northern Ireland that