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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-21more like thismore than 2019-03-21
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Religion more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals of asylum claims have included quotations from religious texts in each of the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Manchester, Gorton more like this
tabling member printed
Afzal Khan more like this
uin 235381 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-26more like thismore than 2019-03-26
answer text <p>This information is not recorded in a way that can be easily retrieved.</p><p>We are urgently investigating reports which indicate that some asylum decisions were not drafted in accordance with our policy.</p><p>Published Home Office policy guidance contains detailed instructions on how asylum decision makers are expected to approach religious based claims. Our policy makes clear that when assessing such claims, decision makers are expected to ask appropriate and sensitive questions based on an understanding of religious concepts, philosophical viewpoints and forms of persecution a person may suffer due to their religion, belief or lack of belief.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North remove filter
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-26T17:03:40.497Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-26T17:03:40.497Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4671
label Biography information for Afzal Khan more like this