Places of Worship Renewal Fund
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the £92 million allocated for the Places of Worship Renewal Fund is sufficient to meet the total cost of repairs for listed places of worship.
Answered by Ian Murray
Given the current fiscal climate, it is essential that Government support is targeted towards the areas where it can have the greatest impact, and where it is needed most. The new Places of Worship Renewal Fund (£92 million over four years) will provide grants from £10,000 to £1,000,000 to support urgent structural repairs, physical access improvements or the installation of new facilities to expand community use. Priority will be given to projects in areas of England with the highest levels of deprivation and need for investment.
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