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1654754

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date	20/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending VAT relief on building works for all listed places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	195477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme offers financial grants to cover VAT expenses incurred for the repair and upkeep of the country's listed places of worship. This scheme is accessible to all places of worship, irrespective of their denomination, provided they are listed and meet the specific eligibility requirements. Currently, there is no intention to expand the grant scheme further.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 06/09/2023 08:03:49 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1653942

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery Heritage Fund: Religious Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the National Heritage Lottery Fund’s grants have been awarded to local churches, chapels and meeting houses open for worship in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	194800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Over the past decade, the National Lottery Heritage Fund has allocated 11% of its grants to support local churches, chapels, and meeting houses.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 06/09/2023 08:04:17 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1653943

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department provides on financial support available from (a) her Department and (b) national heritage organisations for unlisted places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	194801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold the responsibility for funding support or guidance for non-listed places of worship. Successive Governments have followed the principle that it is for faith communities themselves to be responsible for the management and upkeep of their places of worship. However, some resources and alternative sources of guidance are available.</p><p>Historic England’s Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk can allocate grants to unlisted structures possessing notable historic or architectural significance within conservation areas or London boroughs. The Heritage Funding Directory, maintained by The Heritage Alliance and the Architectural Heritage Fund, provides an extensive list of available funding sources for heritage assets that might not hold listed status.</p><p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund also offers support to places of worship through its funding programmes, with the goal of bolstering the resilience of places of worship, building engagement with the local community and cultivating sustainability. The Heritage Fund does not require built environment assets to be designated and applications are assessed on their own merits and in competition with other applications.</p><p>Unfortunately, some places of worship are vulnerable to hate crime. The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme is overseen by the Home Office and provides funding for places of worship and associated faith community centres that are vulnerable to hate crime. A separate scheme for synagogues is run by the Community Security Trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 06/09/2023 08:03:28 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1654594

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts and Culture: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to arts and cultural organisations.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	906083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>HM Government recognises the great value of the UK’s world-leading arts and cultural sectors, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has a strong record of support for organisations in this space.</p><p>Arts Council England are spending £444 million annually on a record 985 organisations in their National Portfolio, which was enabled by a total increase of over £43 million in Arts Council Funding across the most recent Spending Review period.</p><p>We are also investing more than £200 million through the Cultural Investment Fund over this Spending Review period, and the £1.57 billion Cultural Recovery Fund supported around 5,000 organisations. The extension to the higher rate of cultural tax reliefs secured at Spring Budget 2023 is estimated to be worth £350 million over the five year forecast period.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 20/07/2023 16:05:48 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq