28130 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector

28130 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector: How many applications, if any, were received for the Safer Communities Fund in each year since it was introduced, and how many of those applications were accepted and declined?

Hon Louise Upston: The Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector received the following applications for the Safer Communities Fund from 2019 to present. The table below outlines the applications that were approved and those that were declined during that period. Year Received Accepted Declined 2019/20 13 13 0 2020/21 6 6 0 2021/22 No funding round was held 2022/23 4 4 0 2023/24 2 2 0 2024/25 12 12 1