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.