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<p>Under the 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan, we committed £2.4m over three years to the
Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to provide protective security
measures to places of worship who have been victim of or are vulnerable to hate crime
attacks. Last week, we announced an uplift of funding for 2019/20 of the scheme to
£1.6 million. This is double the amount awarded in 2018/19. Following the Finsbury
Park terror attack in June 2017, we also announced a one year £1m fund to protect
vulnerable faith institutions.</p><p>Both the Places of Worship Protective Security
Funding Scheme and the Vulnerable Faith Institution Scheme are/were open to Christian,
Muslim, Sikh and Hindu faiths. There are no specific allocations of funding per faith
group, with decisions on funding being based on eligibility criteria and the recommendations
of the multi-faith independent advisory panel (with security expertise).</p><p>We
provide funding for the security of Jewish sites separately through the Jewish Community
Protective Security (JCPS) Grant, which is delivered by the Community Security Trust.
Funding to synagogues is allocated on a risk assessed basis, and is as follows:</p><p><strong>2015-16</strong>
- approx. £800k <br><strong>2016-17</strong> - approx. £900K<br><strong>2017-18</strong>
- approx. £1.3m</p>
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