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Written question asked by Bishop of Coventry (Bishops (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 4 June 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 June 2014. It was answered by Baroness Warsi (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Religious Freedom

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the resources for projects under the Human Rights and Democracy Programme were allocated to the area of freedom of religion and belief in 2013.[HL9]

Answer

In the 2013-14 financial year the Human Rights and Democracy Programme (HRDP) received 218 proposals for funding. Seventeen of these proposals were for work associated with Freedom of Religion and Belief (FORB), representing 7.8% of proposals received. Six projects were ultimately funded, to the value of £214,029. This represents 3.3% of the total resource available.

The programme is keen to see more good quality project bids on this theme in future bidding rounds, and have actively encouraged more quality bids for the 2014-15 financial year.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL9; 754 cc5-6WA
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Development aid Religious freedom
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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