Question follow-through · 114096
Palestine Action: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the cost to the public purse of prosecutions brought under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in relation to members and suppor
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the cost to the public purse of prosecutions brought under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in relation to members and suppor
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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2 Mar 2026
Answer published
Between 5 July 2025 and 20 February 2026 a total of 629 defendants were received at magistrates’ courts in cases flagged as related to the Palestine Action Group. Of these, 562 have had a first hearing at a magistrates’ court, with those hearings taking p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Terrorism: Sentencing
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Terrorism: Sentencing
12 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of applying terrorism-connection sentencing provisions to defendants in cases where the existence of those provisions was not disclosed to the jury on the right
Terrorism: Sentencing
12 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received advice on the use of terrorism-connection sentencing provisions under section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020 in cases where no terrorism offence was charged or proven before a jury.