Espionage: Prosecutions
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for espionage in the last 12 months.
Answered by Dan Jarvis
From 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025, eight people have been convicted of espionage offences.
These convictions were contrary to section 3 of the National Security Act 2023, section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 and conspiracy to spy offences contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.
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