Prevent Duty
The aim of Prevent is to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism, while reducing risk from terrorism to the UK. Prevent also extends to supporting the rehabilitation and disengagement of those already involved in terrorism.
The Prevent Duty requires specified authorities such as education, health, local authorities, police and criminal justice agencies (prisons and probation) to help prevent the risk of people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms, such as substance abuse, involvement in gangs, and physical and sexual exploitation. The duty helps to ensure that people who are susceptible to radicalisation are supported as they would be under safeguarding processes.