Written questions

Counter-terrorism: Prosecutions

Commons · Question 66020 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Prevent cases resulted in prosecutions for Islamist-related offences during the past year.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 16 Jul 2025

Prevent seeks to intervene early and provide support to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Prevent is not an investigative tool or a criminal sanction, and prosecution is not the intended outcome.