Religious Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to maintain historic places of worship.
Answered by Chris Bryant
There is a range of funding available via DCMS and the Department’s Arm’s-Length Bodies that supports places of worship. These include Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme; the National Lottery Heritage Fund, who have committed to investing around £100m between 2023 and 2026 to support places of worship; the Churches Conservation Trust, which funds repairs and maintenance of over 350 churches in the CCT portfolio; and Historic England's Heritage At Risk grants, funding £9 million worth of repairs to buildings on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register between April 2024 and March 2025.
We will shortly announce the outcomes of the Business Planning process, including for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
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