Written Question·Home Office·UIN 63036

Palestine Action: Demonstrations

Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestine Action members have been (a) arrested (b) charged, (c) convicted, (d) held on remand and (e) imprisoned for activities relating to protests against arms sales to Israel.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
Data provided by police shows that, between 30 July 2020 and 27 June 2025, there have been over 400 “direct actions” claimed by or identified with Palestine Action. Police have made 750 arrests during this period, with 555 separate individuals arrested. O...

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