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Terrorism: Arrests

Volume 473: debated on Monday 17 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of those arrested in connection with suspected offences under (a) section 57 and (b) section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have been (i) released without charge, (ii) charged, (iii) convicted and given custodial sentences, (iv) convicted and given non-custodial sentences and (v) recommended for deportation or made subject of a decision to deport; (194529)

(2) how many of those arrested in connection with suspected offences under (a) section 1 and (b) section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006 have been (i) released without charge, (ii) charged, (iii) convicted and given custodial sentences, (iv) convicted and given non-custodial sentences and (v) recommended for deportation or made subject of a decision to deport; and of those charged, what offences they were charged with.

[holding answer 14 March 2008]: Terrorism statistics are provided by the Metropolitan Police Service. The Home Office does not hold all the information requested. The statistics we do hold are not broken down in the format requested.