Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what additional support her Department is providing to churches, in the context of the decrease in funding for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

As well as the continuing Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, the Secretary of State has recently announced £15 million of additional funding for Heritage at Risk, building on Historic England's existing Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk programme.

Alongside this, the National Lottery Heritage Fund has committed to investing around £100m between 2023 and 2026 to support places of worship, including churches.