Counter-terrorism

(asked on 20th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 11 of her Department’s paper Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2015 to March 2016, published on the 9th November 2017, if she will make an estimate of the level of referral to each later stage of the Prevent and Channel processes for individuals subject to (a) right-wing extremist concerns and (b) other extremist concerns.


Answered by
Ben Wallace Portrait
Ben Wallace
This question was answered on 23rd November 2017

This is contained within the published figures (see table below).

For those referred for right-wing extremist concerns: of the 759 individuals referred over the year, 189 were discussed at a Channel panel, and 99 went on to receive Channel support.

For those referred for other extremist concerns – which we have taken to mean Islamist and Other as detailed in the table below: of the 5,699 individuals referred, 883 were discussed at a Channel panel and 282 then went on to receive Channel support.

Numbers

Financial Quarter

Total

Type of Concern

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Prevent Referrals

Islamist

1,152

919

1,466

1,460

4,997

Extreme Right Wing

144

146

271

198

759

Other

147

127

248

180

702

Unspecified

422

161

206

384

1,173

Total

1,865

1,353

2,191

2,222

7,631

Discussed at Panel

Islamist

160

109

265

285

819

Extreme Right Wing

25

27

80

57

189

Other

8

10

24

22

64

Total

193

146

369

364

1,072

Received Channel Support

Islamist

58

48

74

84

264

Extreme Right Wing

14

15

43

27

99

Other

5

-

8

5

18

Total

77

63

125

116

381

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