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Written question asked by Baroness Warsi (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) on Monday, 8 February 2010.


Community Cohesion

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money has been (a) allocated, and (b) committed, to community cohesion projects in 2010–11.
Answer

£17 million has been committed to local authorities for community cohesion work through the area-based grant. A further £5 million has been allocated to tackling racist intolerance. An announcement on how this additional money will be distributed will be made in due course; and on 21 January the Secretary of State announced an additional £20 million funding for the Connecting Communities Programme in 2010-11.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1501; 717 c79WA
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Community relations Finance
Link
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