Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is for Operation Constrain.

The Government is committed to doing everything possible to protect our communities from the threat of terrorism. To respond to this threat, it is vital that we use all the means at our collective disposal to divert people away from terrorist activity, and we are exploring the best ways of doing this with our partners.

Where there is evidence someone has committed an offence they will be prosecuted accordingly. This is a decision for the Crown Prosecution Service. An increase in the number of people facing charges does not affect the threshold for prosecution.

We are a reviewing our counter terrorism strategy to make sure we respond to the evolving threat in the most effective way we can, both now and in the future. We engage closely with counter terrorism partners across the world, including sharing capabilities and experience in order to keep the public safe.