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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what criteria his Department has used to allocate funding to integration projects and activities since 2010.

Decisions on the provision of funding for integration projects and activities are supported by an assessment of value for money, deliverability and feasibility, as well as consideration of how the likely outcomes will contribute to creating the conditions for integration. Each organisation receiving funding has a grant agreement against which it is monitored to ensure that agreed milestones are met. Funding for a project ceases on the date set out in the grant agreement, or earlier if the organisation concerned fails to meet requirements set out in that agreement.