Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he provided to Faith Minorities in Action Project through the Muslim Charities Forum until his decision to terminate that funding.

My Department awarded a contract to the Muslim Charities Forum to deliver the Faith Minorities in Action project, designed to encourage integration by promoting inter-faith work, the role of women in faith, tackling youth crime, and also to provide child protection training.

Following a grant agreement made in January 2014, we provided two tranches of payments to them of £18,397 in 2013-14 and £92,772 in 2014-15 respectively.

Following a formal review of their work and actions to date, for the reasons outlined in December’s Written Ministerial Statement, we have now terminated their grant funding, meaning they will not receive the further £138,030 of funding which was due. We will be seeking alternative organisations to continue with this programme.

We have been very clear that we will only fund programmes and organisations that actively encourage integration and uphold fundamental British values.