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Jim McMahon: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. \p Dan Jarvis: 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