Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of a terrorism offence had previously served a custodial sentence in each year since 2010.

Dominic Raab

The information below records the number of offenders convicted under Terrorism Act (TACT) legislation in each calendar year since 1 January 2013 who had previously served a custodial sentence. Information prior to 2013 is not available.

In 2013, 25 offenders were convicted of TACT offences, none of which had previously served a custodial sentence.

In 2014, 17 offenders were convicted of TACT offences, of which 1 had previously served a custodial sentence.

In 2015, 37 offenders were convicted of TACT offences, of which 2 had previously served a custodial sentence.