James Brokenshire: Prevent works closely with local people and organisations to stop vulnerable people being drawn into terrorism. Any indication that an individual or organisation is radicalising others is investigated and, if substantiated, appropriate multi-agency action is taken to address it. There are tried and tested mechanisms in place to address extremism in the charity sector.
James Brokenshire: The Home Office does not confirm or comment on individual operational matters.
James Brokenshire: A public consultation on the implementation of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report recommendations which require a change in law will be issued shortly. We have had early engagement with a range of stakeholders including the National Fire Chiefs Council, the Local Government Association, the Fire Industry Association, the Early Adopters group led by the Ministry of Housing, Community...
James Brokenshire: Whether to seek extradition of an individual is a matter for the UK’s independent prosecution authorities. There is no Ministerial involvement. As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, the UK will neither confirm nor deny that an extradition request has been made or received until an arrest has been made in relation to that request.
James Brokenshire: The Government will be publishing interim codes of practice on terrorist use of the internet and child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) as part of the full government response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. This will ensure that companies are provided with the necessary context to understand the expectations around what companies should do to address CSEA and terrorist...
James Brokenshire: The Government and the security and intelligence agencies keep the threat from terrorist groups, including Hamas, under review. In March 2001, the Government proscribed the military wing of Hamas (Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades), as a terrorist organisation. It is criminal offence in the UK to be a member of the military wing. The investigation and prosecution for all criminal offences,...
James Brokenshire: Victims in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to Action Fraud, the centralised reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. Those in Scotland should report directly to Police Scotland, via the 101 service. It is vital that victims of fraud have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with. The City of London...
James Brokenshire: Victims in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to Action Fraud, the centralised reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. Those in Scotland should report directly to Police Scotland, via the 101 service.
James Brokenshire: A full and open competition to appoint the next Independent Reviewer of Prevent was launched on 27 April 2020 and applications for this post closed on 22 June 2020. The successful candidate will be announced in due course. The role was publicised on the Home Office website and advertised online on the Centre for Public Appointments, Home Office LinkedIn, Vercida and Women on Boards.
James Brokenshire: It is vital that victims of fraud have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with. The City of London Corporation (as the Police Authority for the City of London Police) commissioned an independent review by Sir Craig Mackey QPM into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud. The findings and recommendations of that review were published on 24th...
James Brokenshire: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO) is the legislation covering fire safety in non-domestic premises in England and Wales. The FSO requires the person responsible for the premises to undertake a fire risk assessment of the premises and put in place and maintain adequate fire protection measures to reduce the risk to life from fire to as low as reasonably practicable. ...
James Brokenshire: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO) is the legislation covering fire safety in non-domestic premises in England and Wales. The FSO requires the person responsible for the premises to undertake a fire risk assessment of the premises and put in place and maintain adequate fire protection measures to reduce the risk to life from fire to as low as reasonably practicable. The...
James Brokenshire: Unfortunately, given that this grant competition is still in progress, we are unable to provide the requested information at this time. Any award announcement will be published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.
James Brokenshire: The four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019 is based on the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 11 Framework Agreement (RM1557.11) call-off terms and conditions, together with the supplier’s terms and conditions applicable to the ordered services. The Home Office has now published a redacted version of the contract available on contracts finder and it can be found...
James Brokenshire: The Home Office regularly engage with local partners to assess and review Prevent delivery to see where improvements can be made. This ongoing process includes obtaining feedback from local authorities on the current model of Prevent local delivery. No decisions have been taken on future delivery models.
James Brokenshire: The Home Office is six months into the implementation of the Apprenticeships Operating Model (AOM) designed to centralise all HR end-to-end processes (including streamlining recruitment activities through to programme onboarding). The growth of a dedicated team has been stood up to increase the quality and quality of apprenticeships for the future. This industry tested model has the capacity...
James Brokenshire: Government continues to monitor all emerging evidence related to right wing extremism, including the analysis of the Extremism Analysis Unit. We have established the Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) programme which brings together people across England and Wales to tackle extremism on the ground. In addition, we have created the independent Commission for Countering Extremism to...
James Brokenshire: The Home Office does not hold the information requested. The National Crime Agency is the UK Interpol Bureau and operates independently of government. It would be contrary to the Interpol Rules of Processing Data for a Member State’s authorities to disclose details of alerts circulated by other Member States.
James Brokenshire: Victims of fraud and cyber-crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to a centralised reporting centre called Action Fraud. Fraud victims in Scotland also reported crimes directly into Action Fraud until December 2019, when Police Scotland decided that victims should report incidents directly to them, via their 101 service. These reports are...
James Brokenshire: Overall net spending for the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. This information is broken down by administration, programme and capital expenditure. This information can be found via the following links: FY 2018-19 - pages 99-100 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...