To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been referred to the Channel Project in each of the past 12 months; and what were their ages and locations. [HL1574]

We hold the following data on Channel which covers the period April 2007-December 2008.

Between April 2007-December 2008:

228 referrals were made to the Channel Project;

the known age range of those referred to Channel as potentially vulnerable to violent extremism and in need of multi-agency support was 7-50 years;

the majority of referrals were aged between 15-24 years; and

of those referred to Channel as potentially vulnerable to violent extremism and in need of multi-agency support 93 per cent were male.