Editing Terrorism Act 2000 (section)

==Stop and search, arrest and conviction rates==
Between July and December 2007, the BBC reported that more than 14,000 people and vehicles had been stopped and searched by British Transport Police in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7146080.stm|title=Random searches on rail network |date=15 December 2007|work=BBC News|access-date=2 December 2009}}</ref> In 2008 the [[Metropolitan Police]] conducted 175,000 searches using Section 44, these included over 2313 children (aged 15 or under), of whom 58 were aged under 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/18/met-police-stop-search-children|title=Metropolitan police used anti-terror laws to stop and search 58 under-10s|last=Dodd|first=Vikram|date=18 August 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 December 2009 | location=London}}</ref>

Up to early 2004, around 500 people are believed to have been arrested under the Act; seven people had been charged. By October 2005 these figures had risen to 750 arrested with 22 convictions; the then current [[Home Secretary]], [[Charles Clarke]], said "the statistics illustrate the difficulty of getting evidence to bring prosecution".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmhaff/515/5101105.htm|work=Select Committee on Home Affairs Minutes of Evidence |title=Examination of Witnesses (Questions 60–73)|author=Charles Clarke and Mr Benyon|date=11 October 2005|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=2 December 2009}}</ref>

Figures released by the [[Home Office]] on 5 March 2007 show that 1,126 people were arrested under the Act between 11 September 2001 and 31 December 2006. Of the total 1,166 people arrested under the Act or during related police investigations, 221 were charged with terrorism offences, and 40 convicted.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/terrorism/story/0,,2027077,00.html|title=1,166 anti-terror arrests net 40 convictions|agency=Press Association|date=5 March 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 December 2009 | location=London}}</ref>

Noted arrests under Section 58 include [[Abu Bakr Mansha]] in December 2005, and the eight suspects involved in the [[2004 financial buildings plot]].