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.
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 |