Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which applications were approved under the Together in Service programme to support multi-faith volunteering; what evaluation has been made of the effectiveness of that programme; and what plans the Government has for another Together in Service programme to support multi-faith volunteering.

Details of each of the social action projects awarded funding through Together in Service scheme can be found here:

http://www.faithaction.net/work/together-in-service/

Faith Action, the body contracted to run Together in Service, commissioned a full external assessment of the programme, which was completed in July 2015.

My Department continues to fund programmes which support local faith communities, and others, to undertake social action, including Near Neighbours, Mitzvah Day and Creating the Common Good.