Q. Counter-terrorism

Counter-terrorism

(asked on 25th November 2025) - View Source

Questioner

Jim McMahon
(Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were referred to the Prevent programme by local authority and risk type in each of the last five years.

Answered by

Dan Jarvis
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

This question was answered on 8th December 2025

The Home Office does not routinely publish data on Prevent referrals by local authority, as releasing it could have detrimental effect on national security. However, the Home Office does publish data on Prevent referrals by region and type of concern for the last five years.

The type of concern categories have been updated twice in the period you have requested, 2020/21 and 2024/25. They were updated for the 2021/22 publication and the latest publication ( Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2024 to March 2025 - GOV.UK) to better describe the nature of concerns that are referred into Prevent. They were developed based on analysis of data available as well as consultation with frontline staff and policymakers about their experiences and requirements. The new type of concern categories do not exactly match onto previous years’ categories, therefore, there is a break in the time series and trends by type of concern should be interpreted carefully.

The type of concern presented is based upon information provided by the referrer. For cases that progress further into the programme, officers may update the type of concern based upon new information that comes to light. Therefore, the statistics regarding type of concern are likely to include a mix of the type of concern raised by the original referrer and the type of concern that the Channel Case Officers believe the individual is presenting as more information has become available.

c) Table A below provides a summary of the number of people referred to the Prevent programme by region and type of concern for 2024/25.

Table A: The number of referrals to Prevent by region and type of concern, 2024/25.

Year	Region	Extreme Right Wing	Islamist Extremism	Left Wing Extremism	Anarchist Extremism	Northern Ireland Related – Dissident Republican Extremism	InCel	Fascination with extreme violence or mass casualty attacks (where no other ideology)	Multiple ideologies (with no dominant ideology)	No ideology – other susceptibility to radicalisation identified	No ideology identified	Other	Unspecified	Total
2024/25	Total	1,798	870	21	13	16	66	469	424	1,908	3,009	175	9	8,778
2024/25	East	101	41	4	3	0	4	34	32	78	302	15	0	614
2024/25	East Midlands	135	33	0	1	3	5	55	27	135	348	6	1	749
2024/25	London	227	330	0	0	1	12	81	117	215	316	55	0	1,354
2024/25	North East	278	94	2	2	2	11	67	57	134	639	21	5	1,312
2024/25	North West	321	121	5	1	4	8	80	57	429	253	17	0	1,296
2024/25	South East	269	37	5	1	1	5	54	43	587	368	27	0	1,397
2024/25	South West	109	26	2	0	0	9	16	26	73	294	12	1	568
2024/25	Wales	82	20	2	0	0	2	18	14	64	186	8	2	398
2024/25	West Midlands	276	168	1	5	5	10	64	51	193	303	14	0	1,090

c) Table B below provides a summary of the number of people referred to the Prevent programme by region and type of concern for 2021/22 to 2023/24.

Table B: The number of referrals to Prevent by region and type of concern, 2021/22 to 2023/24.

Year	Region	Extreme Right Wing	Islamist	Other	Conflicted	No specific extremism issue	High CT risk but no ideology present	Vulnerability present but no ideology or CT risk	No risk, vulnerability or Ideology Present	School massacre	Incel	Unspecified	Total
2023/24	Total	1,314	913	126	1,278	0	4	2,489	581	162	54	1	6,922
2023/24	East	118	62	10	78	0	0	190	67	11	4	0	540
2023/24	East Midlands	99	59	9	76	0	0	295	63	18	2	1	622
2023/24	London	123	290	16	177	0	0	260	96	16	3	0	981
2023/24	North East	202	87	20	286	0	0	276	135	24	10	0	1,040
2023/24	North West	240	173	14	169	0	1	297	9	34	11	0	948
2023/24	South East	200	50	23	354	0	1	515	33	18	6	0	1,200
2023/24	South West	67	18	8	54	0	1	280	41	8	4	0	481
2023/24	Wales	57	11	4	23	0	0	118	47	11	4	0	275
2023/24	West Midlands	208	163	22	61	0	1	258	90	22	10	0	835
2022/23	Total	1,310	781	112	1,214	0	5	2,505	654	159	69	8	6,817
2022/23	East	78	39	12	68	0	0	242	64	6	1	0	510
2022/23	East Midlands	114	43	11	75	0	0	276	79	12	4	0	614
2022/23	London	140	261	24	167	0	1	339	139	19	13	0	1,103
2022/23	North East	221	77	15	255	0	1	327	113	27	6	0	1,042
2022/23	North West	236	176	19	172	0	1	272	45	32	17	0	970
2022/23	South East	262	80	21	231	0	1	424	41	32	14	0	1,106
2022/23	South West	79	14	2	66	0	0	272	41	12	3	0	489
2022/23	Wales	61	12	2	42	0	0	115	27	8	2	2	271
2022/23	West Midlands	119	79	6	138	0	1	238	105	11	9	6	712
2021/22	Total	1,309	1,027	100	1,020	0	5	2,127	587	154	77	0	6,406
2021/22	East	76	41	8	37	0	0	170	65	11	2	0	410
2021/22	East Midlands	112	61	5	78	0	1	294	113	13	1	0	678
2021/22	London	122	384	12	170	0	1	228	51	11	13	0	992
2021/22	North East	259	110	15	155	0	0	372	109	32	11	0	1,063
2021/22	North West	185	166	16	155	0	2	153	42	27	12	0	758
2021/22	South East	246	121	23	231	0	1	393	55	28	17	0	1,115
2021/22	South West	102	23	8	72	0	0	192	50	14	7	0	468
2021/22	Wales	53	18	2	44	0	0	110	30	10	5	0	272
2021/22	West Midlands	154	103	11	78	0	0	215	72	8	9	0	650

c) Table C below provides a summary of the number of people referred to the Prevent programme by region and type of concern for 2020/21.

Table C: the number of referrals to Prevent by region and type of concern, 2020/21

Year	Region	Islamist	Extreme Right-Wing	Other	Mixed, unstable, or unclear	Total
2020/21	Total	1,064	1,229	100	2,522	4,915
2020/21	East	93	109	8	237	447
2020/21	East Midlands	77	136	5	312	530
2020/21	London	294	97	18	279	688
2020/21	North East	157	253	19	452	881
2020/21	North West	149	129	22	297	597
2020/21	South East	107	225	16	426	774
2020/21	South West	29	84	6	173	292
2020/21	Wales	23	84	3	120	230
2020/21	West Midlands	135	112	3	226	476

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