Question follow-through · 10526
Religious Freedom: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on assessing whether silent prayer is taking place during public protests or gatherings whereby that action may constitute a breach of the law.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on assessing whether silent prayer is taking place during public protests or gatherings whereby that action may constitute a breach of the law.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Home Office has not issued any guidance to police forces on the topic of silent prayer.The College of Policing have primary responsibility for publishing police guidance and are operationally independent from Government.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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