Asked by: Gary Streeter (Conservative - South West Devon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle extremism in British young people.
Answered by Karen Bradley
Extremism poses a serious threat to this country including our young people. The Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy aims to tackle extremism in all its forms and takes action in four areas:
• Countering extremist ideology;
• Building a partnership with all those opposed to extremism;
• Disrupting extremists; and
• Building more cohesive communities
We have a responsibility to protect our young people from extremist views and build a safe environment priotising the safeguarding of children. That is why our local networks work with schools to help children know how to identify extremist narratives online [P.15 Strategy Q&A pack].
We also have a responsibility to protect our young people from extremist views in school. That is why since 1 July 2015 all schools have been required to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. To widen the protection of school children further we are consulting on a new system for registering and inspecting supplementary schools, to protect children and young people from harm, including exposure to extremist views. We have also launched ‘Educate Against Hate’, a new resource to provide parents and teachers with practical advice on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation.
Asked by: Gary Streeter (Conservative - South West Devon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to British lorry drivers to prevent people seeking to enter the UK illegally accessing their vehicles at (a) Calais and (b) other ports of entry to the UK.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office publishes guidance advising hauliers on vehicle security, but also what they should do if they believe somebody is hiding in their vehicle. This guidance is available at: https://www.gov.uk/secure-your-vehicle-to-help-stop-illegal-immigration.
This website also includes contact details for Border Force’s Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Team, from whom hauliers also receive advice.