Terrorism: Criminal Investigation
(asked on 22nd January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested for terrorism-related activity have been released under investigation in each year since 2014.
Table 1: Number of persons arrested for terrorism-related activity with latest charging outcomes released without being charged, or bailed to return & released under investigation, each year from Year to September 2014 to Year to September 2022.
| Year to Sept 2014 | Year to Sept 2015 | Year to Sept 2016 | Year to Sept 2017 | Year to Sept 2018 | Year to Sept 2019 | Year to Sept 2020 | Year to Sept 2021 | Year to Sept 2022 |
Released without being charged | 140 | 175 | 141 | 273 | 145 | 128 | 104 | 83 | 85 |
Bailed to return & released under investigation | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Prior to the June 2019 publication, those who were released under investigation were unable to be recorded separately and were recorded as 'released without charge'. From June 2019 the Home Office has published numbers on those bailed to return & released under investigation as one figure. Data presented here are based on the latest position with each case as at the date of data provision from CTPHQ Coordination Centre (23 October 2023).
Therefore individuals released under investigation may have their outcome updated over time, and the numbers change accordingly. More information regarding individuals arrested and charged for terrorist-related activity can be found in the Home Office’s Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 statistics release.