Written question asked by Margaret Moran (Labour) on Friday, 19 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Counter-terrorism

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he plans to take to evaluate the effectiveness of his Department's Prevent programme; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: The effectiveness of the Prevent strategy, which forms part of Contest, the Government's counter-terrorist strategy, is already under continuous review and evaluation. Key deliverables are routinely assessed in order to monitor progress against the strategy, the delivery of benefits and demonstrate value for money.Additionally, the effectiveness of the Prevent strategy is measured by NI"35: Building resilience to violent extremism and PSA Delivery Agreement""26: Reduce the risk to the UK and its interests."As the Prevent strategy develops and progresses, we continue to develop further methods of evaluation.

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