Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what grants have been made to ecumenical organisations or faith-based developmental bodies to promote inter-faith dialogue or community cohesion in conflict-affected areas in each of the last three accounting periods for which figures are available.

DFID does not centrally maintain grants made to faith based organisations against this criteria. However, at the country office level, DFID has provided funding to faith based organisations to support efforts to reduce and prevent violence where religious tensions impact on conflict dynamics. For example, DFID’s Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) is working to support efforts to reduce and prevent violence. In areas such as Plateau and Kaduna States where religious tensions impact on conflict dynamics, NSRP is supporting both Catholic Justice and Peace Networks and Muslim organisations to work together to address conflict issues and build links across divided communities.