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	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Antisemitism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of antisemitism and Holocaust denial; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	123016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the Community Security Trust, the Police and the Home Office to tackle antisemitic incidents, which have no place in our communities.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government hosts the Antisemitism Working Group which brings together community representatives and officials from across Government to ensure a coordinated response to antisemitism, whether at home, abroad or online.</p><p>The UK was also the first country in the world to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of Antisemitism which is a useful tool in understanding how Antisemitism manifests itself in the 21st century.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/01/2018 16:33:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

823543

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holocaust Memorial Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will support local authorities to hold memorial events for Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	123010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust which provides resources to local authorities to support local Holocaust Memorial Day events. In 2017 there were 7,700 local Holocaust Memorial Day events across the country many of them were hosted by local authorities. We are expecting the same this year but will not have the total numbers until after Holocaust Memorial Day.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/01/2018 14:16:31 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

823546

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holocaust Memorial Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	123013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department hosted in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Wednesday 17 January for staff. We were honoured to hear the testimony of Holocaust survivor Janine Webber and two Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassadors Jack Pepper from the Glyn School and Chloe Smith from Furze Platt Senior School.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/01/2018 14:14:11 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

823595

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Holocaust Memorial Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	123057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government funds the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to deliver the annual Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz –Birkenau on behalf of the nation. This year the ceremony will take place on 25 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/01/2018 14:18:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley