UK mosques allotted record security funding from hate crime scheme

Almost £3m issued to mosques and associated sites under places of worship security scheme in year to April 2023

A record amount of security funding has been issued to mosques in the UK via a government scheme to protect places of worship from hate crime.

According to figures obtained by the Guardian via freedom of information requests, almost £3m was issued to mosques and associated sites under the places of worship security scheme from April 2022 to April 2023, a significant increase from the just over £73,000 issued between 2016 and 2017.

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