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Prevent learning reviews are carried out where a terrorist attack or serious violence offence has been committed by someone with prior involvement in the Prevent programme. They are commissioned jointly by the Home Office and Counter Terrorism Policing.

Prevent learning reviews are aimed at identifying internal learning within the Prevent system and are flexible and scalable to reflect the severity of the incident and the range of agency involvement. They are often highly technical and delivered at pace to ensure the swift identification and implementation of learning.

An independent Prevent learning review was immediately conducted to review the contacts the perpetrator in the Southport attack had with the Prevent system.

The Home Office is working swiftly with Counter Terrorism Policing to follow up on the recommendations from this review and to embed this learning into the Prevent system.

This Prevent learning review is being published due to the exceptional nature of this case and its national significance.

Further information about the Prevent programme is available in the Prevent and Channel factsheet.