Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on referrals of foreign terrorist fighters to the Prevent programme; and if she will make a statement.

Data regarding individuals referred to Prevent in 2015/16 was published on 9 November 2017. Similar data relating to 2016/17 will be published this year. This includes the number of individuals referred due to concerns related to Islamist extremism and right wing extremism. However, the data does not state whether the individual is a ‘foreign terrorist fighter’. The 2015/16 data can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662824/individuals-referred-supported-prevent-programme-apr2015-mar2016.pdf

Prevent safeguards people who are vulnerable to radicalisation in a similar way to safeguarding processes designed to protect people from gangs, drug abuse, and physical and sexual abuse.

Everyone who returns from taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq must expect to be investigated by the police to determine if they have committed criminal offences, and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to our national security. Those who have committed criminal offences should expect to be prosecuted for their crimes under the full range of existing counter terrorism legislation. However any decision on whether to prosecute will be taken by the police and Crown Prosecution Service on a case by case basis.