questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that protective security measures approved and funded under the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme are considered in the planning process; and whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on ensuring that planning decisions do not override counter-terrorism security advice on grounds of (a) visual impact and (b) aesthetics.
answerText: The Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme is a hate crime preventative scheme available to vulnerable places of worship or associated faith-based community sites of all faiths (except Muslim and Jewish) in England and Wales.Protective security meas...
heading: Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme: Planning