Written questions

Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme: Planning

2026-05-28 · Home Office · 4255 · Official question

Shivani Raja

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that protective security measures approved and funded under the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme are considered in the planning proces

Answer

The Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme is a hate crime preventative scheme available to vulnerable places of worship or associated faith-based community sites of all faiths (except Muslim and Jewish) in England and Wales.Protective security meas...