PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Counter-terrorism (3 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Prevent strategy does not unfairly target racial and religious minorities.
Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)
Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)
Answer
The Prevent programme is fundamentally about safeguarding and supporting vulnerable individuals to stop them from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
Prevent is about safeguarding people who are at risk of radicalisation. Prevent does not target a specific faith or ethnic group - it deals with all forms of extremism.
Answered by:
Sir Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
6 February 2020
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