Legal background Counter-Terrorism Border and Security Act 2019
The CTBSA 2019 committed the government to commission an independent review and report on the Government strategy for supporting people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism (Prevent). Subsections 8 to 10 of section 20 of this Act state the review must be established within six months of Royal Assent and the report of the review and any recommendations, together with the Government response, must be published within 18 months of Royal Assent. The CTBSA 2019 gained Royal Assent on 12 February of that year, making the statutory deadline for the government to publish the report and response 12 August 2020.