Srebrenica: Genocide
(asked on 26th February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to the organisation Remembering Srebrenica in each financial year since its establishment; and what plans they have to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the genocide that was committed there.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Government has provided funding for the Remembering Srebrenica programme as outlined in the table below:
Financial year | Amount awarded |
2013/14 | £170,000 |
2014/15 | £467,500 |
2015/16 | £332,500 |
2016/17 | £400,000 |
2017/18 | £400,000 |
2018/19 | £400,000 |
2019/20 | £400,000 |
2020/21 | £400,000 |
2021/22 | £250,000 |
2022/23 | £200,000 |
2023/24 | £150,000* |
*For the current financial year, £75,000 has been issued so far, with the final £75,000 tranche of funding expected to be released in March. This is subject to progress against key milestones as set out in Remembering Srebrenica’s workplan.
Regarding the 30th anniversary of the genocide, it is important that such a significant anniversary is appropriately commemorated, including by the UK Government.