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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 28 January (HL5309), what is included in the Department for Communities and Local Government’s current Integration Programme; what is that Programme's budget, and to what areas of work and projects it is allocated; which are the six community projects which have been funded; and what is the procedure for assessing their outcomes.

The Government’s approach to integration was set out in "Creating the Conditions for Integration" published on 21 February 2012 which is available at the Department's website (attached) at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7504/2092103.pdf.

Since 2010, we have provided over £50 million to support integration projects, including £8 million over three years to support the six community-based English language projects delivered by e3, Faith Action, the Local Education Authorities Forum for the Education of Adults, Manchester City Council, TimeBank, and the Tinder Foundation. Each organisation receiving funding has a grant agreement against which it is monitored to ensure that agreed outcomes and milestones are met.