Terrorism

(asked on 3rd February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the religious belief was of each person convicted of terrorist-related offences in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 10th February 2015

The information provided below relates to the last declared religion of prisoners convicted of a Terrorism Act offence or of an offence that was terrorism-related where the motivation stemmed from an extreme ideology. The table also includes those deported or extradited. The information covers prisoners held in custody between 8 October 2012 and 30 January 2015.

Information prior to 8 October 2012 is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

RELIGION

Number

Agnostic

0

Atheist

1

Buddhist

3

Christian

9

Church in Wales

1

Church of England

16

Muslim

104

No Religion

33

Orthodox

1

Pagan

4

Protestant

0

Roman Catholic

5

Russian Orthodox

0

Sikh

1

Grand Total

178

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