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Written Question
Independent Faith Engagement Review
Friday 14th July 2023

Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason his Department decided that the Independent Faith Engagement Review call for evidence should be open for 28 days; and whether he sought independent advice on this decision.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

In relation to the call for evidence, information is in the process of being deleted according to our published privacy notice.

In relation to additional in-person meetings and any written evidence submitted to the reviewer outside the call for evidence, I want to re-iterate that as an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom was free to meet with any individuals or organisations he chose to inform his review. He was not under any obligation to inform officials of his meetings or to pass on any written evidence.

As an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom met with a with a wide range of stakeholders - including charities, organisations, academics and other sectoral experts and key individuals of all faiths and none - whom he deemed to have relevant insight into particular themes relevant to his report. Given the sensitive issues covered in his review, Colin Bloom was committed to preserving respondents' anonymity so they could speak freely. While these anonymised sources and external analysis have informed the review, the views and recommendations expressed are Mr Bloom's own.

With this in mind, we can provide the following information:

  1. The call for evidence was conducted in adherence with the Cabinet Office's consultation principles, including consideration of the length of the consultation. Given the sheer volume of responses (over 21,000), the length of the consultation period clearly provided sufficient time for individuals and organisations to respond.
  2. The breakdown of respondents by declared faith was as follows:

Religion

Respondent Count

Percentage of Respondents

Christian

9874

47.01%

Muslim

4189

19.94%

Hindu

2522

12.01%

Atheist/Humanist

2466

11.74%

Pagan

381

1.81%

Sikh

354

1.69%

Jain

253

1.20%

Ahmadi Muslim

247

1.18%

Jewish

210

1.00%

Buddhist

71

0.34%

Bahá'í

47

0.22%

Quaker

38

0.18%

Spiritual

29

0.14%

Spiritualist

14

0.07%

Zoroastrian

10

0.05%

Taoist

4

0.02%

Dual religious identities

82

0.39%

Multiple religious identities

54

0.26%

Prefer not to say

80

0.38%

N/A

78

0.37%


Written Question
Independent Faith Engagement Review
Friday 14th July 2023

Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of (a) respondents to the call for evidence and (b) people who gave evidence in person to the Independent Faith Engagement Review were from the Sikh community.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

In relation to the call for evidence, information is in the process of being deleted according to our published privacy notice.

In relation to additional in-person meetings and any written evidence submitted to the reviewer outside the call for evidence, I want to re-iterate that as an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom was free to meet with any individuals or organisations he chose to inform his review. He was not under any obligation to inform officials of his meetings or to pass on any written evidence.

As an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom met with a with a wide range of stakeholders - including charities, organisations, academics and other sectoral experts and key individuals of all faiths and none - whom he deemed to have relevant insight into particular themes relevant to his report. Given the sensitive issues covered in his review, Colin Bloom was committed to preserving respondents' anonymity so they could speak freely. While these anonymised sources and external analysis have informed the review, the views and recommendations expressed are Mr Bloom's own.

With this in mind, we can provide the following information:

  1. The call for evidence was conducted in adherence with the Cabinet Office's consultation principles, including consideration of the length of the consultation. Given the sheer volume of responses (over 21,000), the length of the consultation period clearly provided sufficient time for individuals and organisations to respond.
  2. The breakdown of respondents by declared faith was as follows:

Religion

Respondent Count

Percentage of Respondents

Christian

9874

47.01%

Muslim

4189

19.94%

Hindu

2522

12.01%

Atheist/Humanist

2466

11.74%

Pagan

381

1.81%

Sikh

354

1.69%

Jain

253

1.20%

Ahmadi Muslim

247

1.18%

Jewish

210

1.00%

Buddhist

71

0.34%

Bahá'í

47

0.22%

Quaker

38

0.18%

Spiritual

29

0.14%

Spiritualist

14

0.07%

Zoroastrian

10

0.05%

Taoist

4

0.02%

Dual religious identities

82

0.39%

Multiple religious identities

54

0.26%

Prefer not to say

80

0.38%

N/A

78

0.37%


Written Question
Religion
Friday 14th July 2023

Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with which faith organisations the Government has a policy of not engaging.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

In relation to the call for evidence, information is in the process of being deleted according to our published privacy notice.

In relation to additional in-person meetings and any written evidence submitted to the reviewer outside the call for evidence, I want to re-iterate that as an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom was free to meet with any individuals or organisations he chose to inform his review. He was not under any obligation to inform officials of his meetings or to pass on any written evidence.

As an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom met with a with a wide range of stakeholders - including charities, organisations, academics and other sectoral experts and key individuals of all faiths and none - whom he deemed to have relevant insight into particular themes relevant to his report. Given the sensitive issues covered in his review, Colin Bloom was committed to preserving respondents' anonymity so they could speak freely. While these anonymised sources and external analysis have informed the review, the views and recommendations expressed are Mr Bloom's own.

With this in mind, we can provide the following information:

  1. The call for evidence was conducted in adherence with the Cabinet Office's consultation principles, including consideration of the length of the consultation. Given the sheer volume of responses (over 21,000), the length of the consultation period clearly provided sufficient time for individuals and organisations to respond.
  2. The breakdown of respondents by declared faith was as follows:

Religion

Respondent Count

Percentage of Respondents

Christian

9874

47.01%

Muslim

4189

19.94%

Hindu

2522

12.01%

Atheist/Humanist

2466

11.74%

Pagan

381

1.81%

Sikh

354

1.69%

Jain

253

1.20%

Ahmadi Muslim

247

1.18%

Jewish

210

1.00%

Buddhist

71

0.34%

Bahá'í

47

0.22%

Quaker

38

0.18%

Spiritual

29

0.14%

Spiritualist

14

0.07%

Zoroastrian

10

0.05%

Taoist

4

0.02%

Dual religious identities

82

0.39%

Multiple religious identities

54

0.26%

Prefer not to say

80

0.38%

N/A

78

0.37%


Written Question
Independent Faith Engagement Review
Friday 14th July 2023

Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, who gave evidence in person to the Independent Faith Engagement Review; and how many and what proportion of those people also provided written evidence through the call for evidence.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

In relation to the call for evidence, information is in the process of being deleted according to our published privacy notice.

In relation to additional in-person meetings and any written evidence submitted to the reviewer outside the call for evidence, I want to re-iterate that as an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom was free to meet with any individuals or organisations he chose to inform his review. He was not under any obligation to inform officials of his meetings or to pass on any written evidence.

As an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom met with a with a wide range of stakeholders - including charities, organisations, academics and other sectoral experts and key individuals of all faiths and none - whom he deemed to have relevant insight into particular themes relevant to his report. Given the sensitive issues covered in his review, Colin Bloom was committed to preserving respondents' anonymity so they could speak freely. While these anonymised sources and external analysis have informed the review, the views and recommendations expressed are Mr Bloom's own.

With this in mind, we can provide the following information:

  1. The call for evidence was conducted in adherence with the Cabinet Office's consultation principles, including consideration of the length of the consultation. Given the sheer volume of responses (over 21,000), the length of the consultation period clearly provided sufficient time for individuals and organisations to respond.
  2. The breakdown of respondents by declared faith was as follows:

Religion

Respondent Count

Percentage of Respondents

Christian

9874

47.01%

Muslim

4189

19.94%

Hindu

2522

12.01%

Atheist/Humanist

2466

11.74%

Pagan

381

1.81%

Sikh

354

1.69%

Jain

253

1.20%

Ahmadi Muslim

247

1.18%

Jewish

210

1.00%

Buddhist

71

0.34%

Bahá'í

47

0.22%

Quaker

38

0.18%

Spiritual

29

0.14%

Spiritualist

14

0.07%

Zoroastrian

10

0.05%

Taoist

4

0.02%

Dual religious identities

82

0.39%

Multiple religious identities

54

0.26%

Prefer not to say

80

0.38%

N/A

78

0.37%


Written Question
Independent Faith Engagement Review
Friday 14th July 2023

Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, who responded to the call for evidence for the Independent Faith Engagement Review by (a) faith group and (b) organisation.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

In relation to the call for evidence, information is in the process of being deleted according to our published privacy notice.

In relation to additional in-person meetings and any written evidence submitted to the reviewer outside the call for evidence, I want to re-iterate that as an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom was free to meet with any individuals or organisations he chose to inform his review. He was not under any obligation to inform officials of his meetings or to pass on any written evidence.

As an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom met with a with a wide range of stakeholders - including charities, organisations, academics and other sectoral experts and key individuals of all faiths and none - whom he deemed to have relevant insight into particular themes relevant to his report. Given the sensitive issues covered in his review, Colin Bloom was committed to preserving respondents' anonymity so they could speak freely. While these anonymised sources and external analysis have informed the review, the views and recommendations expressed are Mr Bloom's own.

With this in mind, we can provide the following information:

  1. The call for evidence was conducted in adherence with the Cabinet Office's consultation principles, including consideration of the length of the consultation. Given the sheer volume of responses (over 21,000), the length of the consultation period clearly provided sufficient time for individuals and organisations to respond.
  2. The breakdown of respondents by declared faith was as follows:

Religion

Respondent Count

Percentage of Respondents

Christian

9874

47.01%

Muslim

4189

19.94%

Hindu

2522

12.01%

Atheist/Humanist

2466

11.74%

Pagan

381

1.81%

Sikh

354

1.69%

Jain

253

1.20%

Ahmadi Muslim

247

1.18%

Jewish

210

1.00%

Buddhist

71

0.34%

Bahá'í

47

0.22%

Quaker

38

0.18%

Spiritual

29

0.14%

Spiritualist

14

0.07%

Zoroastrian

10

0.05%

Taoist

4

0.02%

Dual religious identities

82

0.39%

Multiple religious identities

54

0.26%

Prefer not to say

80

0.38%

N/A

78

0.37%


Written Question
Independent Faith Engagement Review
Friday 14th July 2023

Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what questions were asked to faith communities during interviews for the Independent Faith Engagement Review.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

In relation to the call for evidence, information is in the process of being deleted according to our published privacy notice.

In relation to additional in-person meetings and any written evidence submitted to the reviewer outside the call for evidence, I want to re-iterate that as an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom was free to meet with any individuals or organisations he chose to inform his review. He was not under any obligation to inform officials of his meetings or to pass on any written evidence.

As an Independent reviewer, Colin Bloom met with a with a wide range of stakeholders - including charities, organisations, academics and other sectoral experts and key individuals of all faiths and none - whom he deemed to have relevant insight into particular themes relevant to his report. Given the sensitive issues covered in his review, Colin Bloom was committed to preserving respondents' anonymity so they could speak freely. While these anonymised sources and external analysis have informed the review, the views and recommendations expressed are Mr Bloom's own.

With this in mind, we can provide the following information:

  1. The call for evidence was conducted in adherence with the Cabinet Office's consultation principles, including consideration of the length of the consultation. Given the sheer volume of responses (over 21,000), the length of the consultation period clearly provided sufficient time for individuals and organisations to respond.
  2. The breakdown of respondents by declared faith was as follows:

Religion

Respondent Count

Percentage of Respondents

Christian

9874

47.01%

Muslim

4189

19.94%

Hindu

2522

12.01%

Atheist/Humanist

2466

11.74%

Pagan

381

1.81%

Sikh

354

1.69%

Jain

253

1.20%

Ahmadi Muslim

247

1.18%

Jewish

210

1.00%

Buddhist

71

0.34%

Bahá'í

47

0.22%

Quaker

38

0.18%

Spiritual

29

0.14%

Spiritualist

14

0.07%

Zoroastrian

10

0.05%

Taoist

4

0.02%

Dual religious identities

82

0.39%

Multiple religious identities

54

0.26%

Prefer not to say

80

0.38%

N/A

78

0.37%


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
HM Prison and Probation Service

Sep. 26 2022

Source Page: Faith and pastoral care for prisoners: PSI 05/2016
Document: Faith and pastoral care for prisoners: PSI 05/2016 (PDF)

Found: Faith and pastoral care for prisoners: PSI 05/2016


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Ministry of Justice

Sep. 26 2022

Source Page: Faith and pastoral care for prisoners: PSI 05/2016
Document: Faith and pastoral care for prisoners: PSI 05/2016 (PDF)

Found: Faith and pastoral care for prisoners: PSI 05/2016


Westminster Hall
Government Policy on Iran - Wed 09 Dec 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (CON - Filton and Bradley Stoke) In all these matters Iran has shown consistent bad faith, and demonstrated its destructive and aggressive - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Gentleman and I have both spoken about the Baháʼí faith in Iran. - Speech Link


All Party Parliamentary Group
Bahá'í Faith APPG
To raise awareness on the Bahá'í faith and the efforts of the Bahá'í community to contribute to British society, and to seek action in respect of the persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran and other instances where Bahá'ís are subject to discrimination on the grounds of their faith.

Found: Bahá'í Faith