Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of hate crime against the Sikh community in the last 10 years; and what steps he is taking to tackle such crime.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Hatred towards Sikhs is completely abhorrent and has no place in our society. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partners to monitor and combat it. In 2023/24, the Home Office is providing £3.5 million for protecting places of worship, including for gurdwaras.
More broadly, we continue to look across Government at how best we can tackle all forms of religious hatred.
Questions relating to policing are a matter for the Home Department.
Feb. 21 2024
Source Page: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Equality Impact AssessmentFound: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Equality Impact Assessment
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of his Department's policies in preventing (a) hate crime and (b) other discrimination against members of (i) the Sikh community and (ii) other minority communities.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Hatred towards Sikhs is completely abhorrent and has no place in our society. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partners to monitor and combat it. In 2023/24, the Home Office is providing £3.5 million for protecting places of worship, including for gurdwaras.
More broadly, we continue to look across Government at how best we can tackle all forms of religious hatred.
Questions relating to policing are a matter for the Home Department.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any increase in the number incidents of race - Speech Link
2: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) That includes through supporting charities such as the Community Security Trust but also Tell MAMA, which - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I think my noble friend’s experience bears out the statistics that we saw announced by the Community - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) more recently by race. - Speech Link
5: Lord Bishop of Chichester (Bshp - Bishops) this is an extremely difficult time, in which we hear profoundly disturbing reports of the rise in race - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 15 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: UKR0004 - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership University of Hull Written Evidence
Nov. 07 2023
Source Page: Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education Programme Curriculum Reform SubGroup: terms of referenceFound: Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education Programme Curriculum Reform SubGroup: terms of reference
Nov. 02 2023
Source Page: Communications relating to Engagement of developing anti-racist infrastructure / Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group: FOI releaseFound: Expertise in inclusive organisational development; action research; gender, race and youth equality
Nov. 20 2008
Source Page: Policing Minister’s Assessment of Minority Ethnic Recruitment, Retention and Progression in the Police Service. A Paper for the Home Secretary. 26 p.Found: Policing Minister’s Assessment of Minority Ethnic Recruitment, Retention and Progression in the Police
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Implementation of the Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA)Found: Implementation of the Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland
Asked by: Baroness Manzoor (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of racism and discrimination within the NHS; what steps NHS England are taking to collate data on this issue; and how they disseminate best practice to improve working culture within the NHS.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Health Service is one of the most diverse organisations in this country. As of September 2023, 27.3% of hospital and community health service staff reported an ethnic minority background. However, data shows that disabled staff, staff from ethnic minority background, and staff with other protected characteristics face a worse experience of working in the NHS when it comes to abuse, bullying and harassment, and career progression.
Since 2016, NHS England has published an annual Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report. Implementation of the WRES is a requirement for NHS commissioners and NHS healthcare providers, including independent organisations through the NHS standard contract. The WRES enables NHS organisations to better understand how they are performing against nine indicators covering issues such as board representation, career progression, and bullying and harassment. They are required to develop action plans to progress and improve against the indicators.
In June 2023, NHS England published the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Improvement Plan that sets out targeted actions to address prejudice and discrimination in the NHS workforce. NHS England has also provided guidance to assist trusts and integrated care boards in adopting an improvement approach to the implementation of this plan. It is supported by a repository of good practice and a dashboard, to enable organisations to measure progress.