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| Total stops, by police force 2005-06 to 2006-07 | |||
| Police force area | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | Total |
Stop and Search: Hemel Hempstead
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals were found to be carrying illegal (a) weapons and (b) drugs during stop and search procedures by the police in Hemel Hempstead in each of the last 10 years. [263063]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Data on stops and searches under PACE and the number of resultant arrests for weapons and drugs reported to the Home Office are broken down by police force area only, and cannot separately identify searches in individual constituency areas.
Terrorism
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals are believed by the Security Service to pose a direct threat to national security and public safety because of their support for terrorism. [260918]
Mr. Coaker: The Security Service will investigate individuals where there is cause for concern regarding their behaviour or activities. Where it is determined that an individual poses a direct threat to national security and public safety, the Security Service, in co-operation with the police, will take disruptive action. However, the number of individuals under investigation by the Security Service at any one time does not necessarily equate to the number of people who pose a direct threat. This is because the police and security and intelligence agencies will never have comprehensive coverage or surveillance so there could be extremist activities of which we are not aware.
Communities and Local Government
Community Relations
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 584W, on community relations, which departments have spent money on Prevent-related projects and activities in each year since 2006; and how much has been spent on Prevent-related projects and activities in each such year. [262008]
Mr. Khan: Figures for funding in each financial year since 2006, where the primary goal is to prevent violent extremism are:
| £ | |||
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| (1) Includes £12,000,000 Area Based Grant to local areas. (2) To end of February 2009. | |||
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many individuals the Channel Project has identified as being vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. [262907]
Mr. Coaker: I have been asked to reply.
Between April 2007 and September 2008 Channel received around 178 referrals.
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mechanisms are used by the Channel Project to determine whether an individual is vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. [262908]
Mr. Coaker: I have been asked to reply.
There is no single profile of a violent extremist. There are a range of factors and vulnerabilities that may facilitate the process of radicalisation. The prevent strategy: A guide for local partners includes a widely circulated description of the factors that might leave a person more susceptible to exploitation by violent extremists. Local partners, including the police and statutory and community partners, work together to assess an individual's vulnerability to becoming involved in violent extremism.
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at what point an individual is notified that they are the subject of a risk assessment as part of the Channel Project on determining whether or not they are vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. [262909]
Mr. Coaker: I have been asked to reply.
Local partners determine, on a case by case basis, when and how to discuss with an individual the nature of their vulnerability.
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