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Official Statistics

Pre-release access to: Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, October 2024 to September 2025

Published 6 August 2026

Applies to England and Wales

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This statistical bulletin was produced by analytical professionals and production staff in Home Office Analysis and Insight (HOAI) Directorate.

Pre-release access was given to the following persons 24 hours in advance of release:

Home Office

  • Home Secretary
  • Minister of State for Security
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Second Permanent Secretary
  • Director General, Homeland Security Group (HSG)
  • Director General, Digital and Innovation
  • Director, HOAI
  • Director, CONTEST, HSG
  • Deputy Director, Homeland Security Analysis and Insight, HOAI
  • Chief Statistician, HOAI
  • Deputy Directors, Prevent, HSG (3)
  • Head of Counter Terrorism Analysis Team, Homeland Security Analysis and Insight, HOAI (2)
  • Head of Non-Ideological Extreme Violence Team, Prevent, HSG
  • Head of Prevent Policy, Learning, Training & Communication, Prevent, HSG
  • Head of Channel team, Prevent, HSG
  • Channel Policy Lead, Prevent, HSG
  • Head of Prevent Comms Team, Prevent, HSG
  • Prevent Comms Lead, Prevent, HSG
  • Head of Prevent Interventions, Prevent, HSG
  • Joint Head of Channel Policy and Local Delivery, Prevent, HSG (2)
  • Press Officers (5), Press Office, HSG

In addition, Private Secretaries in the Ministers’, Special Advisers’, and Director Generals’ Private Offices will have access to pre-release figures for handling arrangements.

The following staff at the Home Office also had access to pre-release figures for quality assurance purposes:

  • Prevent Team Analyst, Homeland Security Analysis and Insight, HOAI

Pre-release access was also given to the following persons from outside the Home Office 24 hours in advance of release:

National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters

  • SCS - National coordinator for Prevent
  • Deputy National Coordinator for Prevent
  • Head of Performance
  • Higher Performance Analyst (2)
  • Prevent Communications Coordinator
  • Media Manager
  • Chief Inspector - Lead for Organisational Learning (Prevent)

Department for Education

  • Deputy Director, National Security and Operational Response
  • Communications and Online Delivery Lead Prevent
  • Prevent in Education Policy Lead
  • Chief Media Officer, Crisis and Cross-cutting, Communications Group
  • Senior Media Officer, Extremism

Department of Health and Social Care

  • Head of National Security Team
  • Head of CONTEST
  • Prevent Policy Lead
  • Deputy Director, emergency preparedness and health protection
  • NDLD Policy, MHDD (2)
  • MH Policy, MHDD
  • MHDAT Analysis, MHDD
  • NDLD Analysis, MHDAT, MHDD
  • MH Analysis, MHDAT, MHDD (2)
  • Media Relations and Social Media (2)

Scotland Police

  • Prevent Delivery Unit, Regional Prevent Co-ordinator (RPC)

Independent Review of Prevent

  • Independent Prevent Commissioner
  • Chief of staff
  • Investigator
  • Case worker

No. 10

  • Prime Minister
  • Press Officers
  • Home Affairs
  • Special Advisors
  • Policy Advisor
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