Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide details of the de-radicalisation programmes used for British Jihadis returning from Iraq and Syria, including (1) how many have undergone such programmes, (2) who delivers those programmes, and (3) the content of those programmes.

All those who return from engaging in the conflict in Syria and Iraq can expect to be subject to investigation to determine if they have committed criminal offences abroad or represent a threat to our national security. Decisions to prosecute are taken, independently of Government, by the Crown Prosecution Service. Assessments are also made of the appropriateness of other forms of intervention, including referral to mental health services or to the Channel programme, for example. For reasons of national security, we do not comment further on action taken with respect to returners from Syria.