Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism
Investigation prioritisation process
219. Investigations are given a priority according to the level of risk they are judged to carry—this is known as the 'P4 process' (that is, Priority 1-4) and is described in the table below.
| Category | Definition for counter-terrorism investigations | General resource allocation |
| Priority 1: Attack planning |
Investigations into individuals or networks where there is credible and actionable intelligence of UK (P1A) or Overseas (P1B) attack planning. Includes post-incident investigation where threat of follow-up attacks is still possible. | ***. |
| Priority 2: Heightened risk of extremist activity |
Investigation into individuals or networks where there is involvement in activities that directly increase the likelihood of an attack taking place in the UK or against direct UK interests, but that is not assessed to be attack planning. This includes: ● *** ● *** ● *** ● *** ● *** ● *** |
***. |
| Priority 3: Extremist activity |
Other extremist-related activity that indirectly increases the likelihood of an attack or contributes to building/supporting extremism in the UK: ● *** ● *** ● *** |
***. |
| Priority 4: Risk of re-engagement following disruption of involvement in extremist activity |
Following disruptive action or pending planned disruptive action, threat ***: ● ***[1][2] ● *** |
***. |
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