Community Relations: Religion

(asked on 16th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what grants his Department has made to which (a) Muslim, (b) Jewish, (c) Christian and (d) inter-faith organisations for the purposes of integration and community cohesion in each year since May 2015.


Answered by
Marcus Jones Portrait
Marcus Jones
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
This question was answered on 7th November 2017

The Department for Communities and Local Government provided funding totalling £9.7 million in 2015/16 and £11.2 million in 2016/17 to a range of organisations delivering projects and activity to help create more integrated communities. Within those totals, the following grants were provided to support organisations or activities with a significant faith element.

Organisation

2015/16 (£000s)

2016/17 (£000s)

Anne Frank Trust UK

63

84

Board of Deputies of British Jews

25

10

Faith Matters

182

504

Fayre Share Foundation

125

175

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

980

980

Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom

220

305

MITZVAH DAY 365

20

10

The Church Urban Fund

1,500

1,960

Ummah Help

333

400

Wiener Library

300

0

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