§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 19 October 2001,Official Report, column 1399W, on religious discrimination, if he will list the research participants who have been consulted; and if he will put copies of their evidence in the Library. [11066]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 30 October 2001]: The research participants in question took part in a research project commissioned by the Home Office into religious discrimination. They included representatives of religious organisations and representatives of secular agencies in the public, private and voluntary sectors throughout England and Wales.
I am not able to disclose their personal details as the organisations and participants were assured their responses would be confidential, as is standard practice in social surveys. In fact, researchers at the University of Derby (who conducted the research) removed all names and addresses before they sent us a copy of the survey data, which again is proper procedure.
This research produced two reports published in the Home Office Research Study series in February 2001;
- 1. "Religious discrimination in England and Wales" (ISBN 1 84082 612 6). One of the findings from this report was referred to in my last correspondence. This report provides full details of the survey findings; and
- 2. "Tackling religious discrimination: practical implications for policy-makers and legislators" (ISBN 1 84082 613 4). This is a separate report produced by the Cambridge Centre for Public Law and looks at the practical implications of the findings from the survey.
As with all our publications in the Home Office Research Study series, these reports are available in the Library.