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Islington council reportedly said not having pork on school menus helped keep costs down and reduce food waste. It said it is too expensive to serve because it would require monitoring what every child eats in case they are forbidden from eating pork by their cultural or religious beliefs.
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"It is not currently provided in our catering contract, but if any primary school wants to serve pork we will work with them to arrange it."
It added that pork is not available on catering contracts used by some other boroughs in London.
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Why should there need to be special arrangements to serve pork? Cultural and religious beliefs go beyond just not eating pork, so if they were telling the truth, then monitoring would still be required. Eg Is the Lamb(Lamb & Chickpea Tagine with Couscous, Organic Wholemeal Lamb Lasagne), Beef(Beef & Vegetable Hotpot,Organic Wholemeal Spaghetti Beef
Bolognaise) , Chicken(Chicken Chow Mein with Noodles/Rice, Organic Chicken Dhansak with Rice) Halal, Kosher, or otherwise?
The special legal exemption for Halal and Kosher produce is based around CONSUMPTION, not PRODUCTION. It should only be allowed to be produced for those who require or want Halal/Kosher food. Otherwise it makes a mockery of the law.
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Pabulum, a school caterer in south-east England, said that around 20 of the 48 primary schools it supplied chose only non-pork lunches.
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In Luton, 23 out of 57 schools which contract their dinners from the local authority have a “no pork” policy. In Bradford the figure is 24 out of 160; in Newham, east London, it is 25 out of 75; in Tower Hamlets, east London, it is 85 out of 90. In Haringey’s infant, junior and primary schools, 37 out of 47 serve no pork.
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Many schools across the country already supply halal meat either as an option or exclusively.
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If caught by police illegally in the UK, they are at first arrested on immigration offences. Immigration officers will submit an application on behalf of those seeking asylum.
Asylum seekers will be asked to explain how they were persecuted in their home country and why they are afraid to go back, and to provide any evidence supporting their claims.
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Lord Andrew Green of Deddington, who asked for the figures through a written question, said: “It is very important to look at the outcome of the asylum system in the round. Not many people realise that, on average over the past 10 years, nearly half of all those who have claimed asylum have only done so when their presence in Britain was discovered.
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Over the last 10 years there have been 83,912 asylum claims made by individuals encountered by local Immigration and Enforcement Staff and the outcome of these cases is detailed below.
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