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<p>The Government has formulated a combined response to the Member’s questions given
the connected nature of the questions.</p><p> </p><p>23 Chaplaincy Intervention Providers
(IPs) have been selected to deliver the Theological and Ideological Interventions
(TII) Programme in prisons. All Chaplaincy IPs are existing HMPPS Chaplaincy employees
– recommended by HMPPS Counter-Terrorism specialist frontline staff, and subject to
Government vetting and due diligence checks.</p><p> </p><p>They were selected based
on experience, knowledge and skills in challenging extremism, including but not limited
to strong communication skills, experience in supporting the rehabilitation of TACT
and TACT-connected offenders, and previous theological training.</p><p> </p><p>It
would be inappropriate to release the names of the Chaplaincy IPs, as these are operational
staff who are not Senior Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>The onboarding of Chaplaincy
IPs includes an initial week-long training package on how to deliver one-to-one interventions,
theological and ideological narratives and counter narratives; and, psychological
therapeutic approaches. Training is delivered and reviewed in partnership with local
Counter-Terrorism teams, and other practitioners working in complementary fields.
Chaplaincy IPs also receive ongoing training, support and feedback via headquarters,
their local counter terrorism teams, and external practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>We
are not in a position to release the Chaplaincy IP training materials. This is because
the likely threat to the good order and security of prisons, and the implications
of this for prisoners and staff, favours non-disclosure of information detailing operational
procedure such as guidance around extremist behavioural indicators and staff reporting
and case management of offenders’ extremism risk.</p>
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