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date	29/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Batley Grammar School: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether a Batley Grammar Schoolmaster and his family are in hiding after he showed his pupils a picture of Mohammed two years ago.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains dedicated to our commitment to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society and must always stand up to those who seek to undermine our fundamental values and spread hate.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on police protection in relation to this case. This is a matter for West Yorkshire Police, which is operationally independent of Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 13/07/2023 15:56:14 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1649028

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date	29/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Collective Worship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether schools in England are free to decide where collective prayer should take place on their premises.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>Maintained schools and academies are required to conduct a daily act of collective worship which is wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character. Most schools with a religious designation may conduct collective worship which aligns with their trust deeds or tenets of their religion.</p><p>Daily acts of collective worship, subject to the right of withdrawal, must include all pupils attending a school. As a rule, all acts of collective worship should take place on the school premises and schools are free to determine where in the school it takes place. Schools have discretion to organise collective worship elsewhere on special occasions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 13/07/2023 15:55:56 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1649029

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools and Teachers: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are aware of (1) any school in England receiving bomb threats, (2) any teacher receiving death threats, from Islamist extremists in the past five years; and if so, when, at which schools, and what they are doing to encourage the arrest of those responsible.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The department has been made aware of a small number of incidents of this nature initiated by individuals who have Islamist and other extremist views.</p><p>The department is clear that it is never acceptable to threaten or intimidate teachers and schools. Where the department has been aware of incidents of this nature, it has engaged with the school, local authority and the police to ensure an appropriate response.</p><p>The police, who are operationally independent, are responsible for investigating criminal activity associated with these incidents and will take action where they deem appropriate.</p><p>To support the sector, the department has published School and College security guidance, which includes dealing with incidents such as bomb threats.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 13/07/2023 15:56:33 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch