Asked by: Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat - Ely and East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on recruiting a Permanent Prevent Commissioner.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Secretary announced the creation of a new Independent Prevent Commissioner role in a statement to the House on 17 December 2024.
Lord David Anderson KC was announced as the interim Commissioner on 21 January, to allow work to begin swiftly.
An open competition to recruit the permanent Independent Prevent Commissioner is underway, and an update will be provided once an appointment has been made.