Policy paper

Response to the operation of the terrorism acts in 2019 report

The government response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2019 by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation.

Documents

Response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2019 (web-optimised PDF)

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Details

This is the government’s response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2019 by Jonathan Hall QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation.

The Independent Reviewer is responsible for monitoring the operation of UK counter-terrorism legislation to assess its fairness, effectiveness, and proportionality.

The government response addresses the following topics that were covered in the report:

  • threat picture
  • terrorist groups
  • terrorist investigations
  • arrest and detention
  • ports and borders
  • terrorism trials and sentencing
  • civil powers
  • Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • statistics
Published 24 February 2022