A Freedom of Information request submitted by Hyphen to the Home Office revealed that children aged between two to five were referred a further 500 times between 2016-27 to 2023-24. Nearly half (46 per cent) of the Prevent referrals for children under the age of 10 during this period were for Islamist concerns, with the figure jumping to 70 per cent for under three-year-olds.
Lord David Anderson stated that the report revealed a long series of failings by Prevent, yet there was no evidence suggesting that different actions could have prevented Sir David's assassination.