risk of radicalisation, under plans put out for consultation by the Home
Office.
The six-week consultation, launched just before Christmas, seeks views on draft guidance from bodies that will be required to follow it.
These include local authorities, early years providers, schools, colleges, universities, the NHS, prisons and the probation service, and the police.
The draft guidance is part of the Government's anti-terrorism strategy, Prevent, published by the Government in 2011.
The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, will place a duty on early years settings, schools and other institutions to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
Schools and nurseries have a duty of care to their pupils and staff, the Home Office said.
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