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Written question asked by Lord McCabe (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 September 2020. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 September 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.


Hezbollah

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK residents who are members of Hezbollah.

Answer

The Government does not comment on intelligence matters.

Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Decisions to investigate and prosecute for proscription offences are a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service. Statistics on prosecutions for proscriptions offences are routinely published in the report on the ‘Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’. The most recent publication, up to year ending March 2020, was published on 11 June on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-financial-year-ending-march-2020.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
83663
Session
2019-21
Subjects
British nationality Hezbollah
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk