Issue - meetings

To approve the Borough Council's approach and response to the Prevent Duty as a Specified Authority. This is in accordance with the Council’s Corporate Priority of Community Safety – a safe place for everyone.

Cabinet considered the approach and response to the Prevent Duty as a Specified Authority. On 1 July 2015, the Counter Terrorism and Security Act (CTSA) 2015 became statutory. Section 26 placed a statutory Prevent duty on specified authorities in the exercise of their functions, to have ‘due regards to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. Specified authorities include Schools. Colleges, Universities, Local Authorities, Health, the Police and Prisons. Broxtowe’s Prevent Strategy was informed by National and local priorities and supported CONTEST (the National Counter Terrorism Strategy) and the Counter Terrorism Action Plan.

RESOLVED that the Prevent Strategy be approved.

Reason

Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (CTSA 2015) places a duty on Local Authorities, schools, colleges, universities, health bodies, prisons and probation and police to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism, by embedding the Prevent Duty as a part of their wider existing day-to-day safeguarding duties.  The Strategy was in accordance with the Council’s Corporate Priority of Community Safety- a safe place for everyone.