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The following referral to the Executive was
considered:
 
Corporate Overview
and Scrutiny Committee – Tuesday 27 June 2023
 
PROGRESS REPORT ON
THE PREVENT STRATEGY IN THE BRADFORD    DISTRICT
 
Resolved –
 

(1) That
this Committee requests the Executive to contact the Home Office,
outlining the concerns of Corporate Overview & Scrutiny
Committee in relation to the outcomes of the independent review of
Prevent, which appears to prioritise work with particular groups at
the expense of other, equally worrying potential
threats.

 

(2) 
That this Committee requests the Executive to
note that the Prevent brand has been
tainted over the years, and that the  District needs a
more localised, not regionalised programme.

 

(3) 
That this Committee requests a further report be
presented in  six months, which
specifically focuses on:
 
-       A
full financial breakdown for the last 5 years to include project
outcomes, not outputs, and how staff salaries have been
utilised;
-       Engagement with specific groups with whom currently there is no
engagement taking place, such as different Islamic groups and far
right groups.
 

(4)  That members request officers to consider the local review of
Prevent across the District to be an independent one and for the
Terms of Reference for this review to be brought to the Corporate
Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
 
ACTION: Strategic Director for
Place in consultation with the Leader of Council (in relation to 1
above)
 
Note:  In receiving the above
recommendation the Leader stated that concerns raised by Members of
the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee were noted and a
letter was being composed to send to the Home Office.
 
                   
(Yusuf Patel / Fatima Butt
– 07970 411923 / 07970 411746)