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<p>We have spent over £80 million to support integration and faith since 2010.</p><p>Some
of our funded programmes, such as Near Neighbours, have delivered projects and events
in the London Borough of Redbridge to support local inter faith work.</p><p>In addition,
the London Borough of Redbridge received £249,527 from the ESOL for Integration Fund
in 20/21 to provide community-based English language sessions, clubs and activities
to residents with little or no English who will be from diverse faith groups.</p><p>However,
to supply the information for all our funding streams for the previous ten years would
involve a disproportionate cost to my Department.</p><p>Most of the funding in the
Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) is unringfenced, and councils are free
to choose to which local priorities to spend it on, including work with faith communities,
and other projects to support integration and communities.</p><p><br>This year’s LGFS,
including a breakdown of Core Spending Power (CSP) for each local authority, including
the London Borough of Redbridge, going back to 2015/16 can be found in the supporting
information document here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcore-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2021-to-2022&data=04%7C01%7CThomas.Grimes%40communities.gov.uk%7Cfdbcc10f083b43e8f7d508d8d8d67533%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637497762879120857%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Xbkwqcg2YtPoOyBxd15ty0XYOhv58eRETnb%2Fy%2BD69ns%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2021-to-2022</a></p><p>Core
Spending Power was introduced in 2015. Comparisons before that date do not apply,
because the system of local government finance changed, councils’ responsibilities
changed and because grants have been incorporated into the annual Settlement over
time.</p>
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