Overview

• Referrals to Prevent rose to 6,922 in the year to March 31, 2024, with about half involving under-18s, marking a doubling since last summer
• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper reported that the number of young people on the counter-terror caseload has trebled over the past three years
• A review of Prevent thresholds was launched after the Southport murders and the killing of MP Sir David Amess revealed cases closed for lacking clear ideology
• The Crime and Policing Bill would introduce youth diversion orders allowing courts to impose conditions, including online activity restrictions, on at-risk youths
• Cooper warned that high referral thresholds may be excluding Islamic extremist cases and vowed further action to ensure more are captured