Today, the Home Secretary has introduced the appointment of Tim Jacques as the federal government’s new Independent Prevent Commissioner, following a sturdy open competitors.
In December 2024, the position was created by the previous Home Secretary to offer constant oversight, improve effectiveness and develop perception into the Prevent system over the long term.
Tim brings a wealth of expertise from his earlier roles as Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Counter Terrorism Policing, in addition to Senior National Coordinator for Prevent and Pursue. In June 2022 he grew to become an government advisory board member at The Leadership in Counter Terrorism Alumni Association too. Tim can also be Chief Executive Officer of the Vault Youth Zone, Preston, a charity that gives younger folks entry to amenities and actions in sports activities, arts, efficiency and enterprise.
Welcoming the appointment, the Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, stated:
I’m delighted to announce that Timothy Jacques has been appointed because the Independent Prevent Commissioner.
Protecting the general public is that this authorities’s first obligation and Prevent stays a important software in protecting folks protected by intervening early to cease people from being drawn into terrorism. I’m assured that Mr Jacques’ expertise and experience will assist continued enhancements to the programme and assist guarantee Prevent continues to function successfully and proportionately.
I’d prefer to thank Lord Anderson for his time as interim Independent Prevent Commissioner and for his report ‘Lessons for Prevent’, which has made a vital contribution to strengthening Prevent and can proceed to form the federal government’s work on this space. We are extremely grateful for the data, sense of objective and obligation he delivered to the publish.
Independent Prevent Commissioner, Tim Jacques, stated:
I’m delighted, honoured and humbled to be appointed to this essential, impartial public position. I’m grateful to Lord Anderson and his workforce for the work already undertaken because the Interim Prevent Commissioner, and for his assist to me in taking on this place.
Preventing terrorism issues. I consider the British public need a system that’s comprehensible, accessible, coherent and persistently utilized, in a truthful and non-discriminatory approach.
Most of all we want a system that works, as greatest because it probably can, in stopping terrorist atrocities and terrorist motivated offending, with all the following human value, and wider societal affect.
This position was launched to deliver impartial, goal oversight and scrutiny of Prevent and its effectiveness. In order meet this requirement I’ll work with and take heed to anybody with a real curiosity in Prevent, be they coverage makers, practitioners, proponents, knowledgeable observers or these with real considerations.
As half of his position, Mr Jacques will present impartial strategic oversight and a evaluate perform for Prevent to make sure that it will probably meet its aims as successfully as doable. He will start his tenure on Tuesday 14 April, the day after Lord Anderson’s tenure finishes.
