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<p>Since the Prime Minister’s Extremism Task Force (ETF) made its recommendations
in December 2013, we have made considerable progress in tackling extremism and <br>reducing
the risk of radicalisation. This Government has excluded more hate preachers than
ever before, and has regularly disrupted events which feature extremist preachers.
We have restricted access to online terrorist material, the majority of which is hosted
overseas: since December 2013 we have removed from the internet over 32,000 pieces
of unlawful terrorist-related content, taking the overall total to over 51,000 since
2010.</p><p>We have seen a significant rise in referrals to our multi-agency safeguarding
programme, Channel, which provides tailored support to people identified as at risk
of radicalisation, including from Islamist extremism. The Association of Chief Police
Officers reported a 58% increase in the past year. Since April 2012 there have been
over 2000 Channel referrals. Hundreds have been offered support under the programme.</p><p>We
have made progress with our ‘Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent’ (WRAP), a training
tool which teaches frontline workers how to identify and support those at risk of
radicalisation. Since the revised Prevent strategy (June 2011), we have trained over
100,000 frontline public sector workers to identify and support those at risk. We
are currently rolling out new, updated training.In the 2013/14 financial year, Prevent
practitioners in our 30 priority areas worked with over 250 mosques, 50 faith groups
and 70 community groups. We have delivered over 180 community-based Prevent projects
since 2011, and are currently supporting over 70. All of our current Prevent projects
are focused on the current threat, including Syria and Iraq. Since early 2012, these
projects have reached over 45,000 people.<br><br>In September the Home Secretary announced
that the Home Office will now assume responsibility for a new Extremism Strategy.
The strategy will aim to build up society to <br>identify extremism, confront it,
challenge it and defeat it. It will cover extremism in all its forms, including Islamist
extremism.</p><p> </p>
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