Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is of the National Offender Management Service deradicalisation programme.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS), as part of its extremism programme, has a variety of theological, motivational and behavioural programmes and interventions at its disposal to challenge those with extremist or radicalised views and to support those vulnerable to extremist messaging or radicalisation. The effectiveness of this work is regularly and independently assessed.

To enable it to carry out its extremism programme NOMS receives funding from the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) in the Home Office. We do not release the breakdown of funding per sector, as this could potentially reveal where the threat to the national security of the UK is greatest. This may impact negatively on the delivery of Prevent, and on the range of activities deployed to prevent terrorism. This could serve to weaken and prejudice the national security of the UK.

In addition, NOMS staff, as part of their daily role, contribute to the Organisation’s extremism work. The extent of this work is not quantifiable in terms of resources allocated.