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Religious Buildings: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 110511 · Tabled 3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the Green Book's methodology of the social and health benefits of places of worship, including when determining levels of capital and tax relie

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 11 Feb 2026

DCMS welcomes the new Green Book, including its treatment of social and health benefits. DCMS interventions in listed places of worship were assessed in line with Green book methodology. The Culture and Heritage Capital Programme, provides supplementary g...