Do take part in the consultation.
As you may already know, the Home Office recently launched a consultation on the Protect Duty. The consultation explores how we might use legislation to enhance the protection of UK-wide publicly accessible locations- and anyone who uses them- from potential terrorist attacks.
We are keen to hear views from the full range of UK faith communities, not only because the Protect Duty is likely to affect many faith centres, but also because we recognise that the needs, priorities and operation of places of worship are often very different to those of other, commercial or public sector publicly accessible locations. We want to ensure the Duty will improve protection for people using faith centres and other publicly accessible locations without being overly burdensome. It’s important that we capture your views, so that we can make sure the Protect Duty works for everyone.
The Protect Duty consultation is separate to the Places of Worship security consultation and the Faith Security training survey you may have responded to. Rather than consulting on Government’s physical security measures and training offerings, the Protect Duty focuses on how public security could be improved through legislation which would provide a certainty of responsibility, and a greater consistency of measures and effect across the whole country.
The consultation can be found at this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/protect-duty.
The consultation closes on 2 July. We currently have a low level of response from the faith communities and would appreciate your help in sharing this information with any of your faith contacts.
Thank you for your ongoing support and engagement in responding and sharing these consultations. Your responses have been invaluable. If you require more information, please do not hesitate to contact the team at [email protected].
Kind Regards,
PCSO Sam Brooks 7381 ZD
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