Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has the Department made of how the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities will be met where those needs do not align with one of the proposed Specialist Provision Packages.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The Specialist Provision Packages will provide comprehensive, evidence-based support for children and young people with the most complex needs. The special educational needs and disabilities consultation includes a draft outline of seven Specialist Provision Packages, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/send-reform-putting-children-and-young-people-first/specialist-provision-packages. There is now an independent expert group in place, led by education and health co-chairs, to advise on what approaches, strategies, and tools should be included in the National Inclusion Standards and Specialist Provision Packages.

Once introduced, the Packages will be reviewed regularly by the independent panel.

The proposal is that, once introduced, the Packages will be based around the provision needed to support children and young people who share a similar profile of need, but broad enough to ensure that each individual child or young person will have their specific needs met through the provision they receive from the Package. This individualisation will be captured in their education, health and care (EHC) plan.

The Packages are designed to create a consistent, high-quality offer for children and young people with the most complex needs, wherever they live, ending the postcode lottery in support. They will support local authorities to commission provision and placements more strategically, and will provide the basis for the legal guarantee of provision set out in an EHC plan. Where children and young people have low-incidence needs, we will consider more specialist packages which might be delivered through regional commissioning arrangements.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the letter of the Hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley, sent 7th of May.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We received the Hon. Member’s correspondence of 7 May 2026 and will reply in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the adequacy of staffing and administrative resources dedicated to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those resources on application processing times.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government regularly reviews the operation of the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme.

Processing times vary according to a range of factors, including application volumes, the completion of eligibility and due diligence checks and assessment of risk, vulnerability and security requirements. The Home Office processes applications as quickly as possible while ensuring that funding is allocated appropriately and that security measures are targeted where they are most needed.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how frequently threat and risk assessments informing the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme are reviewed and updated; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that emerging threats to mosques are reflected in the allocation of funding under the scheme.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to practise their religion freely and to ensuring that faith communities are safe at their places of worship.

Funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme is considered at two levels. The overall budget is informed by the Government’s continuing assessment of the threat to mosques and Muslim communities, drawing on the wider national security and hate-crime picture, including assessments from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre and advice from relevant policing, security and government partners. These assessments are kept under continual review, enabling the Government to respond to changes in the threat picture and emerging incidents. Detailed threat assessments are not published for national security and operational reasons.

At individual-site level, where an application progresses, allocation of measures is considered after a site survey is undertaken to assess the site’s particular threat and vulnerability profile and determine the most appropriate and effective protective security measures. Security experts, including designing-out-crime officers, contribute to this process.

The detailed assessment methodology is not published. This information is security and commercially sensitive, and the Home Office does not publish information where doing so could compromise the integrity or effective delivery of the scheme, or the contractual arrangements supporting its delivery.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine the allocation of funding under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; what weight is given to threat, risk and vulnerability assessments; and whether she plans to publish guidance setting out those criteria.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to practise their religion freely and to ensuring that faith communities are safe at their places of worship.

Funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme is considered at two levels. The overall budget is informed by the Government’s continuing assessment of the threat to mosques and Muslim communities, drawing on the wider national security and hate-crime picture, including assessments from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre and advice from relevant policing, security and government partners. These assessments are kept under continual review, enabling the Government to respond to changes in the threat picture and emerging incidents. Detailed threat assessments are not published for national security and operational reasons.

At individual-site level, where an application progresses, allocation of measures is considered after a site survey is undertaken to assess the site’s particular threat and vulnerability profile and determine the most appropriate and effective protective security measures. Security experts, including designing-out-crime officers, contribute to this process.

The detailed assessment methodology is not published. This information is security and commercially sensitive, and the Home Office does not publish information where doing so could compromise the integrity or effective delivery of the scheme, or the contractual arrangements supporting its delivery.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology is used to assess the level of threat and risk faced by mosques applying to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; and which agencies and organisations contribute to those assessments.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to practise their religion freely and to ensuring that faith communities are safe at their places of worship.

Funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme is considered at two levels. The overall budget is informed by the Government’s continuing assessment of the threat to mosques and Muslim communities, drawing on the wider national security and hate-crime picture, including assessments from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre and advice from relevant policing, security and government partners. These assessments are kept under continual review, enabling the Government to respond to changes in the threat picture and emerging incidents. Detailed threat assessments are not published for national security and operational reasons.

At individual-site level, where an application progresses, allocation of measures is considered after a site survey is undertaken to assess the site’s particular threat and vulnerability profile and determine the most appropriate and effective protective security measures. Security experts, including designing-out-crime officers, contribute to this process.

The detailed assessment methodology is not published. This information is security and commercially sensitive, and the Home Office does not publish information where doing so could compromise the integrity or effective delivery of the scheme, or the contractual arrangements supporting its delivery.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme were (a) received, (b) approved, (c) rejected and (d) awaiting decision in each of the last five years; and what the median time taken to determine applications was in each year.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Protective Security for Mosques Scheme provides fully funded protective security measures to eligible mosques and associated community centres across the UK.

The Government is committed to transparency in relation to its funding programmes and publishes information where appropriate. However, data relating to applications, including approvals, rejections and applications awaiting decisions, are not routinely published.

Applications to the Scheme are assessed against eligibility requirements and are subject to due diligence processes. The time taken to determine an application can vary depending on a range of factors, including application volumes and the circumstances of individual cases. As such, the Home Office does not hold a published estimate of median determination times.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time between approval of an application and the release of funding under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme has been in each of the last five years.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Protective Security for Mosques Scheme provides fully funded protective security measures to eligible mosques and associated community centres across the UK.

Implementation timelines under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme can vary, as they are influenced by a range of operational and site specific factors. Once a site has been approved, it is referred to our delivery partners for the necessary survey and subsequent installation.

In some cases, additional steps may be required before installation can proceed, such as local planning permission or the production of bespoke security equipment tailored to the site. These elements, which sit outside the Home Office’s direct control, can contribute to longer timeframes.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is provided to unsuccessful applicants to the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme regarding the reasons for rejection; and whether applicants are informed of the outcome of any threat, risk or vulnerability assessments conducted in relation to their application.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

Where an application is unsuccessful, the Home Office notifies the applicant in writing that their application has not satisfied the Scheme’s due diligence requirements, which form part of the standard assessment process for all applicants. These checks are undertaken to ensure that organisations participating in the scheme meet certain standards expected by the Home Office.

Applicants are signposted to the Code of Conduct which provides information about the standards expected by the Home Office and are invited to reapply after reviewing it.

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