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<p>The Government's PREVENT programme aims to prevent people from becoming terrorists
or supporting terrorism. It includes programmes to deal with extremist groups, including
those that have been proscribed by the Government. <br><br>It includes work to challenge
terrorist ideology (including disrupting extremist speakers and removing material
online) and to intervene and stop <br>people being radicalised. In the context of
Syria and Iraq, we work to dissuade people from travelling there. We also have a range
of interventions, from arrest at port for those suspected of committing terrorist
offences, to support for people at risk from radicalisation.<br><br>The Government's
Channel programme provides tailored support to people who have been identified as
at risk of radicalisation. Referrals to Channel come from a range of sources including
families, police, local authorities and others. <br><br>Since April 2012 there have
been over 2000 referrals to Channel and hundreds of people have been offered support.
In order to ensure our frontline services are able to deliver this support, since
June 2011, we have provided training on tackling extremism to over 24,000 frontline
public sector workers and are rolling out a revised version of the training this autumn.<br><br>The
police work with the internet industry to remove terrorist material hosted in the
UK or overseas and are making good progress. Since February 2010, the Counter Terrorism
Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) has taken down more than 49,000 pieces of unlawful
terrorist-related content which encourages or glorifies acts of terrorism. Over 30,000
of these have been removed since December 2013.<br><br>In parallel, we have made it
easier for the public to report terrorist and extremist content they are concerned
about via www.gov.uk/report-terrorism.<br><br>As the Prime Minister announced on 1
September, we keep this work under constant review and are looking at what more we
can add to this comprehensive package of measures designed to ensure that we continue
to do all we can to prevent the spread of extremism.</p><p> </p>
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