Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme and Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided to Muslim institutions through the (a) Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme and (b) Protective Security for Mosques Scheme in each year since they were established.
Answered by Dan Jarvis
The Home Office provides protective security for Places of Worship as part of three separate strands. These are the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme and protection for Muslim faith schools (since 2023/24), the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant (administered by the Community Security Trust) and the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme (for all other, non-Muslim and non-Jewish, faiths). Prior to 2023/24, the Muslim community were eligible for support under the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme.
No funding is provided directly from the Home Office to any place of worship, instead they receive protective security measures funded by the Home Office via contracts or grants.
Since the launch of the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme and the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, up to the following amounts have been made available.
| Protective Security for Mosques Scheme and Muslim Faith Schools | Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme |
2019/20 | N/A | £1.6 million |
2020/21 | N/A | £3.2 million |
2021/22 | N/A | £3.5 million |
2022/23 | N/A | £3.5 million |
2023/24 | £29.4 million | £3.5 million |
2024/25 | £29.4 million | £3.5 million |
2025/26 | £39.4 million | £3.5 million |
In 2026/27, record funding of up to £73.4 million is being made available to protect faith communities. This includes £40 million through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme and for security at Muslim faith schools, and £5 million for the places of worship and associated faith community centres of all other faiths.
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