Policy paper

Government response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2015

The government response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2015 by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2015 (web)

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Response to the annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2015 (print)

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

In December 2016, David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, published his annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2015.

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

  • the threat picture
  • the government, law enforcement, and security and intelligence
  • statistics
  • ambit of independent review
  • definition of terrorism
  • proscribed organisations
  • port and border controls
  • arrest and detention
  • criminal proceedings
  • foreign terrorist fighters

Updates to this page

Published 20 July 2017

Sign up for emails or print this page