Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) inside the House, both Members and staff, and outside it.I was once asked by Tristan Garel-Jones, a humanist - Speech Link
Written Evidence Jul. 18 2023
Inquiry: Teacher recruitment, training and retentionFound: Together with our partners Humanist Society Scotland, we speak for 100,000 members and supporters
Jul. 18 2023
Source Page: Annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest 2022 to 2023Found: The literary allusions on the roundels further suggested Matthew Parker’s engagement with classical humanist
Jul. 18 2023
Source Page: Annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest 2022 to 2023Found: The literary allusions on the roundels further suggested Matthew Parker’s engagement with classical humanist
Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) As the equalities spokesperson and a humanist, I agree with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - Speech Link
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:
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% |
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:
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% |
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:
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% |
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:
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% |
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:
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% |