{"value":{"id":1746909,"askingMemberId":5158,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-12-06T00:00:00","uin":"17971","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to provide a breakdown of all religious festivals celebrated by the Department in 2023.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4979,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-12-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Faith &amp; Belief Network (FBN) supports DWP colleagues and managers and the department by providing insight into issues relating to Faith, Belief and Non-Belief.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, DWP celebrated or signposted to the following faith festivals and events, via blogs, live events and podcasts:</p><p> </p><ul><li>World Religion Day - 15/01/23</li><li>Holocaust Memorial Day - 27/01/23</li><li>World Hijab Day – 01/02/23</li><li>Tu Bishvat and Imbolc (Pagan and Jewish colleagues reflect on the festivals of Tu Bishvat and Imbolc) – 06/02/23</li><li>Month of Festivals (Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Paganism and Jewish networks as we celebrate Ramadan, Easter, Holi, Hola Mahalla, Spring Equinox and Purim) – March 2023</li><li>Easter celebration – 04/04/23</li><li>Jewish Passover – 05/04/23</li><li>Eid-Ul-Fitr Celebration – 17/04/23</li><li>Buddha Day – 26/05/23</li><li>World Humanist Day - 21/06/24</li><li>Summer Solstice – 25/06/23</li><li>Hajj &amp; Pilgrimage Event (Eid) – 03/07/23</li><li>Pioneers Day (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) – 24/07/23</li><li>South Asian Heritage Month – 18/07/23 – 17/08/23</li><li>Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah – 15/09/23</li><li>Autumn Equinox – 21/09/23</li><li>Black History Month – 10/23</li><li>Halloween and the Pagan New Year – 31/10/23</li><li>Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) – 11/23</li><li>Interfaith Week - 12-19/11/23</li><li>Diwali Celebration - 11/11/23</li><li>Christmas Celebrations - 06/12/23</li><li>Winter Solstice – 21/12/23</li></ul>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Religion: Festivals and Special Occasions","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1746909","method":"GET"}]}