Prevent referral training for organisations
Southport Inquiry · The Southport Inquiry Report: Phase 1 · Issued 13 April 2026 · Addressed to: Home Office
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Building on the Key Principles of Prevent issued on 23 February 2026, the Home Office should ensure that accessible information and appropriate training materials should be made available to organisations which are likely to make Prevent referrals (particularly those subject to the Prevent Duty) to strengthen understanding that a fixed ideology is not required for a referral to be made or accepted. The development of a Prevent practitioner portal should be prioritised.
Southport Inquiry, The Southport Inquiry Report: Phase 1 · 13 Apr 2026 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The Home Office maintains a Prevent duty training service providing awareness and referrals modules for practitioners and organisations subject to the Prevent duty (Prevent duty training portal, Home Office, accessed July 2026).
- The government response states that updates to guidance on the Key Principles of Prevent are being developed and that the Prevent Practitioner Portal is being tested before becoming fully operational in autumn 2026, with completion expected by late 2026 (Government Response to Phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry, CP 1623, Home Office, July 2026).
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Response — verbatim from government
●Home Office
The Home Office is the lead department and expects to complete the implementation of this recommendation by late 2026. Progress and next steps:
- Updates to guidance on the Key Principles of Prevent are being developed.
- The Prevent Practitioner Portal is being tested before becoming fully operational in autumn 2026 and will include relevant guidance and supporting documents to build understanding and awareness and support organisation that are likely to make Prevent referrals.
Home Office · 2 Jul 2026 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 2 Jul 2026 · Home Office Government response published 2 July 2026 (CP 1623). The government accepted this recommendation; the lead department reports implementation is in progress. Source →
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