Question follow-through · 54037

Charities and Churches: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is providing to (a) churches and (b) faith-based charities in the context of trends in the level of (i) energy costs and (ii) donations.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jun 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is providing to (a) churches and (b) faith-based charities in the context of trends in the level of (i) energy costs and (ii) donations.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    We know this is a difficult time for the civil society sector; cost of living pressures are leading to increased demand for many organisations, alongside their higher running costs.Over the last year, my department has been delivering the VCSE Energy Effi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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