Religious Freedom
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will consider taking steps to protect religious communities that don't have a designated place of worship.
Answered by Dan Jarvis
The government and police regularly work closely together to review threats and strengthen protection for communities against terrorism and hate crime.
Work is currently underway to develop a new Faith Security Training scheme to raise awareness amongst faith communities of how to improve their safety and security, and to help them prepare to mitigate any threats they may face.
There are extensive resources available to venues and public spaces for free, to help them better protect the public in those locations. These include the ProtectUK platform, which offers free guidance, advice and training for staff. Training resources available include the Action Counter Terrorism (ACT) and See, Check and Notify (SCaN) training and e-learning, which are free resources developed by Counter Terrorism Police and available to the public.
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