Counter-terrorism
(asked on 14th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision to include the works of CS Lewis under the Prevent programme; and what plans they have, if any, to reassess this decision.
This question was answered on 28th March 2023
The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) was established in 2007 under the Prevent strand of HMG’s CONTEST strategy, to understand and counter terrorist and extremist ideologies to reduce the risk to the UK, its citizens, and its interests overseas.
RICU did not identify the film Zulu as a ‘key text’ in the Prevent programme, nor include the works of CS Lewis.