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<p>In July 2017 the Government concluded its internal review into the funding for
Islamist extremist activity in the UK through a Written Ministerial Statement. The
review has improved the Government’s understanding of the nature, scale and sources
of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The review’s single most
important finding was that the most significant source of funding for Islamist extremism
in the UK is small, private donations from UK-based individuals. There are however
a small number of UK-based organisations with which there are extremism concerns,
for which overseas funding is a significant source of income. In response to the review,
the Charity Commission plan to introduce a requirement on charities to declare overseas
sources of funding to increase transparency in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The review’s
report is classified but the Written Ministerial Statement is a comprehensive and
representative reflection of the review’s findings. The Government has no plans to
comment further on the review’s findings and it will not provide a running commentary
on the groups, individuals or sources it considers to be of extremism concern.</p>
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