§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many persons at the most recent date have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under each of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. [HL4008]
§ Lord RookerOn information currently available, 144 persons have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000, of which 46 have been charged with offences. There have been no convictions for terrorist offences to date but 10 people are undergoing or awaiting trial for such offences.
There have been no exercises of the powers of arrest under the terms of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 but people have been detained under Part 4 of the Act. Eight were detained in December 2001, one in February 2002 and two in April 2002. Of the total detained, two have voluntarily left the United Kingdom; the other nine remain in detention.