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Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 January 2026UIN 103699

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of individuals referred to the Prevent programme in the last three years were found to not be at risk of radicalisation.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

The table below provides the number and proportion of individuals referred to the Prevent programme over the last three years who were assessed as ‘requiring no further action’.

Table 1: Proportion of individuals found to not be at risk of radicalisation by year

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Prevent Referrals

6,817

6,922

8,778

Prevent Referrals requiring no further action, Total

1,172

1,339

2,636

Proportion of individuals found to not be at risk of radicalisation

17%

19%

30%

Note: The proportion of individuals assessed as not at risk of radicalisation is calculated as the number of Prevent referrals requiring no further action divided by the total number of Prevent referrals.

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