Call for Evidence

The Committee welcomes submissions by 18 June 2025, 23.59pm

Important information about making a submission. 

Please read this section before making a submission. This information is particularly important for people making written submissions in an individual capacity, and about their own lived experience. 

Written evidence must address the terms of reference as set out above, but please note that submissions do not have to address every point. Guidance on giving evidence to a select committee of the House of Commons is available here. 

Individual cases 

In line with the general practice of select committees the Home Affairs Committee is not able to take up individual cases. If you would like political support or advice you may wish to contact your local Member of Parliament.

How your submission will be treated  

The Committee has discretion over which submissions it accepts as evidence, and which of those it then publishes on its website. If your submission is accepted by the Committee, it will usually be published online. It will then be available permanently for anyone to view and may be found online by using search engines. It cannot be changed or removed. If you have included your name or any personal information in your submission, that will normally be published too. Please consider how much personal information you want or need to share. 

Your contact details will never be published. 

Evidence accepted by the Committee is protected by parliamentary privilege. However, if published evidence suggests that criminal behaviour has occurred, there is no bar on external bodies investigating that behaviour, which may lead them to find independent evidence which could be put before a court. 

Anonymisation  

Decisions about publishing evidence anonymously are made by the Committee. If you would like to ask the Committee to accept your submission anonymously (meaning it will be published but without your name) please tick the box when you make your submission. This lets the Committee know what you would like but the final decision will be taken by the Committee. 

If you would like to request that your submission is published anonymously, then you are responsible for ensuring you cannot be identified from your submission. Please make sure you have not included information that would allow someone to work out who you are.  

We may anonymise or redact some of your submission if it is published, even where you have not requested this. 

Confidential submissions  

The Committee may decide to accept evidence on a confidential basis. Confidential submissions remain available to the Committee but are not published or referred to in public. 

If you would like to ask the Committee to accept your submission confidentially, please tick the box when you make your submission. This lets the Committee know what you would like but the final decision will be taken by the Committee. 

We may treat submissions confidentially, even where you have not requested this. 

Information about other people in your evidence  

If you include personal information about other people in your submission (including your friends and family), the Committee may decide not to publish it. It is advisable to make your submission about your own experiences and to keep information about other people to a minimum. 

Legal cases 

We can’t publish submissions that mention ongoing legal cases. Please do not include details of an ongoing case, or details that are likely to be the subject of future proceedings, in your submission. 

Safeguarding 

Your welfare is important to us. If we feel that there are any safeguarding issues, then we may seek advice on how best to support you. More information about safeguarding on the Parliamentary Estate can be found here.

Signposting

We understand that the issues raised in this inquiry may be sensitive or upsetting. In addition to contacting your G.P the following organisations may be able to offer support or further information:  

Mind– Mental health charity providing a wide range of support, advice and information 

Childline– Offer free confidential service for children and young people under 19 for help "with any issue they're going through". 

NSPCC- The NSPCC helpline is staffed by trained professionals who can provide advice and support if you have concerns about a child. 

Written submissions are invited on the following questions: 

Recent trends 

• What trends are evident in the growth of extremism and radicalisation in the UK?  

• What factors are contributing to a rise in extremism? 

• What approaches are most effective for identifying and intervening to prevent young people being drawn into extremism? 

• What impact are new technologies, such as AI, having on efforts to combat online extremism and radicalisation? 

• To what extent do ‘com networks’ represent a new form of online extremism?  

• How effective are existing interventions at identifying extremism threats arising from ‘com networks’? 

Remedies 

• What changes might be required to ensure Prevent is set up effectively to stop people with mixed, unclear and unstable ideologies from becoming radicalised? 

• Can Prevent effectively manage cases involving new mechanisms of radicalisation such as online platforms?  

• Are any mechanisms other than Prevent required to address mixed, unclear and unstable ideologies?  

• What factors will determine whether or not new Youth Diversion Orders would be effective in preventing young people from becoming radicalised?