207. In addition, a joint ERWT Strategic Hub made up of CTP and MI5 is now being set up to co-ordinate the UK counter-terrorism strategic response to ERWT, engaging with partners across the counter-terrorism mission, within Whitehall and internationally, to progress strategic projects, investigate policy and build capability.
Threat assessments
208. JTAC analyses and assesses all intelligence relating to international terrorism, in the UK and overseas, and produces assessments of threats and other terrorist-related subjects for customers from a wide range of HMG departments and agencies. Following the OIR recommendation that JTAC should be responsible for the production of national Threat Assessments of terrorist threats arising from Domestic Extremism work, JTAC officially took on responsibility for producing assessments for ERWT in October 2018 (they had been producing occasional reports on ERWT prior to this date).
209. JTAC incorporates key international events into the analysis of the ERWT threat to the UK, with dedicated resource providing analysis on ERWT links to the UK from Europe and elsewhere.
210. JTAC also assesses the threat posed by ERWT to UK interests overseas, utilising similar analysis techniques to those applied to the Islamist terrorist threat overseas. An international attack or detention is defined as ERWT in those cases where there is a likely ERWT ideology, and the capability or intent to conduct an attack—however, it can on occasion be difficult to determine whether or not a particular incident is ERWT, as not all countries record right-wing violence and attacks as terrorism. JTAC will include non-violent right-wing extremist activity in its analysis where this rhetoric could inspire others to conduct an attack; however, this extremist activity is not deemed to be terrorism.[1]
- ↑ Written evidence - MI5, 31 January 2020.
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