Ministers of Religion: Registration

(asked on 14th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has under its proposal for a national register of faith leaders to (a) vet faith leaders from outside the UK before or after their arrival in the UK, (b) subject faith leaders already in the UK to the same level of vetting as applies to those entering the UK, (c) exclude teachers or priests from any particular religion or denomination from the requirement to register and (d) deal with faith leaders entering the UK or already resident here who are believed to be a threat to national security.


Answered by
Karen Bradley Portrait
Karen Bradley
This question was answered on 5th October 2015

The Government will publish its Counter-Extremism strategy in the near future. There are no plans for a national register of faith leaders.

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