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1091297

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society has had with (a) social enterprises, (b) charities and (c) voluntary sector umbrella bodies since her appointment in November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	234236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>I meet regularly with representatives from social enterprises, charities and the voluntary sector. A full list of meetings is published quarterly on:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2019 11:26:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1090965

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 60 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to work with Big Society Capital and others to develop new models of community funding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	233516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy is long term, setting out our vision for government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond. As we said in the Strategy, we believe there is a need for long-term, sustained relationships between communities and investors, with local funding that meets the specific investment requirements of the community, develops local resilience, and has the ability to attract private capital at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Big Society Capital and Access (The Foundation for Social Investment) are devoting around £35 million funding to initiating this effort and have been working with national and local funders and civil society organisations to prepare for the launch of “Local Access”, a new programme designed to build the resilience of local charities and social enterprises in around 5 local areas, which will be identified over the coming months. The programme will run for up to 10 years and will provide long term support and investment to launch and grow enterprise ideas, with funding largely devolved to local partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/03/2019 14:20:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1090967

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 100 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has undertaken to work with civil society partners, including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Communities Partnership Board, to explore ways of raising awareness and enabling use of the community shares model in options to encourage community ownership of assets and within onward devolution approaches.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	233517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Government is fully committed to the Civil Society Strategy: it is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a strong society. As stated in the Strategy, community shares is a sustainable social investment model that empowers communities by giving members – as part-owners – a direct say in the success of an enterprise, encouraging them to play an active part in its future.</p><p> </p><p>As part of developing a MHCLG Communities Framework, building on the work of the Civil Society Strategy, we are engaging with sector partners, to explore future options to ensure we create socially and economically strong communities, where community shares and community assets play a central role in supporting communities deliver their priorities. As part of the Government’s commitment to understanding what models of funding will best sustain the community ownership of assets, MHCLG are currently working with Power to Change on a jointly funded programme of research which will undertake a detailed economic assessment of assets in community ownership. The research which will be published in summer 2019 will inform a wide range of audiences including the voluntary and community sector, local government, funders and the emergent community business sector on effective approaches to supporting the community ownership of assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:54:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1090986

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 52 of the August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to explore with the National Association of Local Councils and others the option for local charters between a principal council, local councils and community groups setting out respective responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	233519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Government is fully committed to the Civil Society Strategy: it is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a strong society. As stated in the Strategy, the government wishes to devolve more power to community groups and parishes. Onward devolution provides an opportunity for communities to help shape, and in some cases manage, public services in the places where they live. Communities themselves are often better placed than central or local government to identify the real issues they face, provided they are informed, equipped and trusted to do so. In development of its Communities Framework, which builds on the work of the Civil Society Strategy, MHCLG continues to work with sector partners to consider how we can support local councils and their partners in the design and delivery of services to create socially and economically strong places where community voices are heard. We are working to ensure that models of good community decision making are included in the Communities Framework.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:56:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1081858

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 37 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what progress has been made on his Department's target of training a further 3,500 people in community organising through a national network of Social Action Hubs and partnerships with public and social sector organisations by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Government is fully committed to the Civil Society Strategy: it is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a strong society. Following the success of the Community Organisers Programme (2011-2015), we launched the Community Organisers Expansion Programme in early 2017 to train 3,500 more individuals, across England, by March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>By March 2019, 2,000 people have been trained in community organising through a variety of routes; via 20 Social Action Hubs (grass roots organisations developing local practice of community organising and social action), public sector training courses, and partnerships with organisations including Local Trust, NALC, Neighbourhood Watch, and the National Citizen Service.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/03/2019 13:28:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1081862

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 41 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to further embed and scale people taking action as a core part of how public services are delivered and explore how the government can best continue to back and scale high impact social value initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The government is investing £7.5m in innovative social action projects, including early years interventions, support for savers, and initiatives that help people to volunteer throughout the lifecourse.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting local authorities to embed social action in the way they deliver their services. We have reached over 900 commissioners, civil society organisations and councillors across the country through our Enabling Social Action Programme. In February, we announced the ten places who will receive a share of £2.3 million to devise programmes that enable people to take action on the issues they care about.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/03/2019 14:18:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1078525

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 16 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to work with Big Lottery Fund to use £55 million from dormant accounts to fund a new, independent organisation which will work with partners across the private and social sectors to tackle financial exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	226675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Last year, the Government committed £55 million from dormant assets to tackle financial exclusion and problem debt. In the Civil Society Strategy, the government announced that this funding would be directed to a new, independent organisation, with a remit to address this social issue. This organisation was launched on 28th February 2019, with Richard Collier-Keywood appointed as its Founding Chair. The organisation has taken the name Fair4All Finance Limited.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/03/2019 15:57:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1078527

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 113 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to explore the potential to use flexibilities in the law governing contracts (such as the Mutuals Reservation) to reserve some competitions to other social purpose vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	226676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a stronger society. The Strategy sets out a vision for government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to exploring how potential flexibilities in the law governing contracts has the potential as an important tool in creating a more diverse supply of public services.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/03/2019 15:50:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1077621

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 74 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to work with the Charity Commission and UK Community Foundations to release at least £20 million over the next two years from inactive charitable trusts to grassroots community organisations.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	226122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Working in conjunction, DCMS, the Charity Commission, and UK Community Foundations have so far released £9.5 million through the Revitalising Trusts programme. This funding will support local good causes across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is on track and we expect to release £10 million by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/03/2019 15:44:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1077622

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 112 of the Government's August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps he has taken to (a) develop new guidance for all commissioners on grantmaking to small and local charities and (b) update his guidance entitled Commissioning for social action.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	226123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Since the Strategy was published, we have started to scope a programme of work around improving the use of grants. This has involved engagement with the Cabinet Office and with stakeholders. We will confirm more detailed plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/03/2019 15:42:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed