A total of 91 people in Scotland were referred to the Prevent de-radicalisation programme last year.
Under the Prevent scheme - one of four strands of the UK government's counter-terrorism strategy - schools and other public bodies are required to report people who show signs of being drawn into violent extremism.Police Scotland's figures for 2021-22 showed 27 of those reported were aged below 15. A further 34 were aged between 15 and 20.
Of those who were not deemed suitable for the Prevent programme, 29 were passed on to other agencies such as social work. The next most common reason for referral was concern about right wing ideology, involving 28 cases, while 10 referrals were for concerns related to Islamist extremism. The vast majority of all cases involved males, who accounted for 84 out of 91 referrals. Of the 38 cases that were deemed suitable for further Prevent intervention, all involved males.
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