Counter-terrorism and Data Protection

(asked on 15th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data protection is covered in her Department's training on the Prevent Duty as part of its Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent.


Answered by
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Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
This question was answered on 22nd December 2022

To protect individuals against radicalisation, information may need to be shared with other statutory partners, such as the local authority or police. The Prevent duty guidance makes it clear that this must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

The Home Office has policies and procedures in place to ensure impacts are thoroughly considered on a case-by-case basis, undertaking its statutory duties including Equality Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments. The majority of Home Office data is processed under Part 2, General Processing, of the Data Protection Act 2018; however, this can vary.

The Prevent duty training offer has recently been updated and is available on gov.uk. Information sharing principles and data protection form a key element of the training courses. This also includes a good practice video and links to other government resources for further advice. Data protection will also feature in our new training offer that will replace the Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent. This is currently in development.

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