Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking is taking to prevent hate crimes against places of worship.

The Government is committed to protecting places of worship from hate crime through the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme. The 2020-21 round launched on 16 June with an uplift to £3.2 million- double the amount awarded last year. Over the last four years we have awarded approximately £3.4 million to 183 places of worship across England and Wales.

Our public consultation on providing greater protection from hate crime for places of worship closed on 28 June. Responses are currently being reviewed, and the Government will respond in due course.