Written question asked by Imran Hussain (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 May 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 May 2019. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Friday, 7 June 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.
Mosques: Security
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the security funding for places of worship has been allocated to protect (a) Mosques and (b) other Muslim places of faith since 2016.
- Answer
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Over its first three years, the Places of Worship protective security scheme has approved grants worth approximately £1.5m to 134 places of worship. During that time, Ministers have approved 49 grants to mosques worth £638,906.34.
Following the Finsbury Park terror attack in June 2017, we also announced a £1m fund to protect vulnerable faith institutions. Under this scheme, we approved funding to 38 faith institutions including 19 mosques and one Muslim community centre. These grants were worth over £260,000.
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- 2017-19
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- Expenditure Security Places of worship security funding scheme Mosques
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- Yes
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