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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-07-19more like thismore than 2022-07-19
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Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept id 31 more like this
answering dept short name Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept sort name Women and Equalities more like this
hansard heading Employment: Religion more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of religion and belief discrimination in the workplace. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon remove filter
uin 39852 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-07-22more like thismore than 2022-07-22
answer text <p>The prevalence of any alleged discrimination by employers because of religion or belief is not routinely monitored by government. However, there are clear provisions set out in the Equality Act 2010 which prevent employers from discriminating against an employee, or a prospective employee, because of religion or belief (including any lack of religion or belief).</p><p>The Government sponsors the Equality Advisory &amp; Support Service, which is a free service offering help and advice to anyone who feels that they have suffered discrimination, and the EASS statistics for contacts to the service relating to religion or belief discrimination within employment over the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of contacts</td><td>% of all contacts to the service</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>150</td><td>0.83%</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>179</td><td>0.97%</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>110</td><td>0.71%</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>193</td><td>1.17%</td></tr><tr><td>2022 (to date)</td><td>59</td><td>0.84%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The year 2021 saw an increase in contacts, partly due to a number of people claiming that it was their philosophical belief to object to having a vaccination against Covid. Such concerns would be registered by the service under the ‘religion or belief’ protected characteristic category.</p>
answering member constituency Derby North more like this
answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-22T13:22:12.487Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-22T13:22:12.487Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this