Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the police in England and Wales (a) used in 2010 to determine whether a person suspected of extremism was a risk to the public and (b) are used for that purpose now.
Unlike terrorism, there are no specific criminal offences for extremism in the UK, and as such no criteria to meet. This was the case in 2010 and today. Any risk posed to the public is assessed on the evidence and intelligence available to the police and their professional judgment.