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Terrorism: Convictions

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of terrorist-related offences in each of the last five years, broken down by age group; (167424)

(2) how many (a) males and (b) females who were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of terrorist-related offences were resident in Southend in each of the last five years.

We do not collate this information in the format requested.

Statistics compiled from police records show that between 11 September 2001 and 31 March 2007, 1,228 arrests were made under the Terrorism Act 2000 or under other legislation, where the investigation was conducted as a terrorist investigation. Of those charged 41 were convicted under the Terrorism Act and 183 under other legislation including conspiracy to murder.

This information can be found on the Home Office website:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/terrorism-and-the-law/?view=Standard