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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
Refugees from Ukraine

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Written Question
Radicalism
Tuesday 11th February 2020

Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on implementing the 2015 counter-extremism strategy; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Government is committed to tackling all forms of extremism under its Counter-Extremism Strategy published in October 2015. The strategy sets out a programme of action to build our understanding of extremism, to challenge extremism and disrupt extremist activity and to strengthen communities and institutions so that they are better able to resist extremist narratives by building partnerships with all those opposed to extremism.

Three examples of progress we have made in implementing the 2015 strategy are as follows. This list is not exhaustive;

  1. Strengthened communities and challenged extremist narratives and ideologies through our Building a Stronger Britain Together programme. An evaluation of the programme was published in October 2019;
  2. Strengthened institutions, including working with the Charity Commission and local authorities to make it much harder for extremists to exploit charities and gain a foothold in communities;
  3. Published an independent Sharia review in February 2018 and an extremism funding review in July 2017.

The independent Commissioner for Countering Extremism has assessed that the Government has delivered the majority of commitments in the 2015 Strategy in her report published on 7 October 2019. The Government will publish a final assessment of the strategy when it comes to an end.


Written Question
Civil Service Agencies: Staff
Tuesday 4th February 2020

Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional security and intelligence staff have been employed across all Government agencies since 2015.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Cutting crime is a priority for this Government and we recognise that there are strong links between drug misuse and crime. Tough enforcement is a fundamental part of our approach to tackling drugs and we are working across Government to address the drivers behind drug-related crime and help prevent further substance misuse and offending.

We continue to surge law enforcement action to tackle county lines and its associated violence and exploitation. The Home Secretary has announced £25m of targeted investment across 19-20 and 20-21 to significantly increase law enforcement’s response to the issue. The Home Office has also announced that a UK Drugs Summit will take place on 27 February, which will bring together all four nations of the United Kingdom, to consider the challenges we are facing and to reflect on what more can be done to address drug supply and reduce drug harms.

The Prime Minister has also established a Cabinet committee on crime which will help to drive cross-Government action in this area.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

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