Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) for what reason submissions to the Call for Evidence by the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition were deleted, (b) whether this was in breach of MHCLG records and information management policy, and (c) if she will provide a list of all organisations which submitted a response to the Call for Evidence.
Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Department manages information in accordance with its legal obligations and established information management policies, including UK GDPR requirements.
Ministers were not involved in operational decisions about the handling or retention of information submitted to the Call for Evidence. The Permanent Secretary will respond to the Honourable Member’s correspondence on the specific matters he has raised.
The Government does not routinely publish details of individual respondents to Calls for Evidence.
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