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The OSCT, for the year 2009-10, has a total funding of £8.5 million in relation to [[preventing violent extremism]].<ref> [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/funding_of_prevent_central_unit Home Office Freedom of Information Request 12172] - accessed 17/11/09</ref> | The OSCT, for the year 2009-10, has a total funding of £8.5 million in relation to [[preventing violent extremism]].<ref> [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/funding_of_prevent_central_unit Home Office Freedom of Information Request 12172] - accessed 17/11/09</ref> | ||
| − | The OSCT in 2009-10 is providing £5.6 million of direct funding to the National Offender Management System in regards to a programme of preventing violent extremism and radicalisation. This programme, however, spans across the entire [[ | + | The OSCT in 2009-10 is providing £5.6 million of direct funding to the National Offender Management System in regards to a programme of preventing violent extremism and radicalisation. This programme, however, spans across the entire [[Contest 2]] strategy.<ref> [http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/updated-guide-for-local-partners?view=Binary Delivering the Prevent Strategy: An Updated Guide for Local Partners] HM Government, August 2009, p. 26 - accessed 17/11/09</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:41, 19 November 2009
The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) is a directorate within the Home Office which leads work on counter-terrorism in the UK. As of October 2009, it reports to Home Secretary Alan Johnson and Minister of State Phil Woolas.[1]
According to the Guardian, the OSCT is widely regarded in Whitehall as being an intelligence agency. The Office's head, Charles Farr, is a former senior intelligence officer, as is another un-named senior officer.[2]
Preventing Violent Extremism
The OSCT, for the year 2009-10, has a total funding of £8.5 million in relation to preventing violent extremism.[3]
The OSCT in 2009-10 is providing £5.6 million of direct funding to the National Offender Management System in regards to a programme of preventing violent extremism and radicalisation. This programme, however, spans across the entire Contest 2 strategy.[4]
Subsidiaries
People
- Charles Farr - head
Notes
- ↑ About us, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office, accessed 17 October 2009.
- ↑ Vikram Dodd, Government anti-terrorism strategy 'spies' on innocent, guardian.co.uk, 16 October 2009.
- ↑ Home Office Freedom of Information Request 12172 - accessed 17/11/09
- ↑ Delivering the Prevent Strategy: An Updated Guide for Local Partners HM Government, August 2009, p. 26 - accessed 17/11/09
