Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Debate

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Department: Home Office
Thursday 18th January 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

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Amber Rudd Portrait The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd)
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Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of her TPIM powers under the Act during that period.

The level of information provided will always be subject to slight variations based on operational advice.

TPIM notices in force (as of 30 November 2017)

7

TPIM notices in respect of British citizens (as of 30 November 2017)

6

TPIM notices extended (during the reporting period)

2

TPIM notices revoked (during the reporting period)

0

TPIM notices revived (during the reporting period)

0

Variations made to measures specified in TPIM notices (during the reporting period)

10

Applications to vary measures specified in TPIM notices refused (during the reporting period)

0

The number of current subjects relocated under TPIM legislation (as of 30 November 2017)

7



The TPIM Review Group (TRG) keeps every TPIM notice under regular and formal review. The most recent TRG meetings took place on 4, 6, 26 and 27 September. The next round of TRGs will take place during December 2017.

On 11 October 2017 a TPIM subject was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment following an earlier guilty plea to two breaches of the association measure of the TPIM notice.

The case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v. LF [2017] EWHC 26859 (Admin) was heard at the High Court between 17 and 21 July 2017. In a judgment dated 30 October 2017 Mrs Justice Laing upheld the Secretary of State’s decision to impose a TPIM notice on LF. In the same judgment Mrs Justice Laing ordered a minor variation to LF’s police reporting requirement. This judgment can be found at www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2017/2685.html.

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