House of Lords written question – answered at on 5 January 2010.
Baroness Neville-Jones
Shadow Security Minister, Home Affairs
To ask Her Majesty's Government which schools have had pupils referred to the Channel Project.
Lord West of Spithead
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Security and Counter-terrorism), Home Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Security and Counter-terrorism)
Nationally, the Channel Project has received 228 referrals between April 2007 and December 2008. Channel works with a wide range of partners to support individuals identified as vulnerable to violent extremism. Any further level of detail is an operational matter at a local level. We would not release such information in order to protect partners locally.
Between April 2007- December 2008:
228 referrals were made to the Channel Project;the known age range of those referred to Channel as potentially vulnerable to violent extremism and in need of multi-agency support was 7-50 years;the Majority of referrals were aged between 15-24 years;of those referred to Channel as potentially vulnerable to violent extremism and in need of multi-agency support, 93 per cent were male.
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