Question follow-through · 55857
Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on recruiting a Permanent Prevent Commissioner.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on recruiting a Permanent Prevent Commissioner.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Home Secretary announced the creation of a new Independent Prevent Commissioner role in a statement to the House on 17 December 2024. Lord David Anderson KC was announced as the interim Commissioner on 21 January, to allow work to begin swiftly. An op...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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