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968960

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to encourage the public sector to commission goods and services from social enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	906669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy recently set out government's long term ambition to grow social value commissioning and strengthen the Social Value Act.</p><p>We have already committed £2.7 million to support the growth and sustainability of public service mutuals, the majority of which are staff-led social enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>With the Cabinet Office, DCMS is implementing a package of measures for the future of social value and procurement. This includes training for government commercial staff and will help unlock more opportunities for social enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/09/2018 11:08:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

999638

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Social Enterprises
	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 the Civil Society Strategy, when he plans to publish information on the regular forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with Government; and whether that forum will have an independent chair.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	187036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy is a long term vision of how government will work for and with civil society.</p><p>Social enterprises are important members of civil society and the Strategy recognised the demand from the social enterprise sector for a simpler relationship with the government. Officials are currently working to implement commitments made in the Strategy and are keeping stakeholders informed and involved as this work progresses. Details of the forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with the government will be set out in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/11/2018 10:07:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1050217

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Social Enterprises
	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 59 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what measures have been considered by his Department to unlock and boost social impact investment.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	213375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>We are fully committed to the Civil Society Strategy: it is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a strong society. As part of this, government is continuing its work to consider additional measures to boost social impact investment. For example, an additional £125m of dormant assets has been, and will be, allocated to Big Society Capital in the period 2017-2020, and an additional £10m has been allocated to Access - The Foundation for Social Investment. This is in addition to the £60m government grant to Access, of which £3.9 million will be provided in 2019 and £5.0m in 2020. A £3.2million social investment fund has recently been launched by DCMS: the Northern Cultural Regeneration Social Investment Fund will start extending loans to cultural and creative organisations in the North of England from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, the Prime Minister asked Elizabeth Corley to lead the Taskforce on Impact Investment and DCMS ministers and officials are supporting the work of this taskforce. DCMS ministers and officials also continue to work with departments to identify other opportunities for social investment to support the government’s priorities. The Social Housing Green Paper, published in August 2018, described social investment as an opportunity to increase the quality and quantity of social housing, and the government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy commits to the use of Social Impact Bonds to meet the government’s targets to reduce rough sleeping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 31/01/2019 10:59:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1149250

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Social Enterprises
	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 15 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to establish a regular forum for social enterprises to co-ordinate relations with Government.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy sets out our vision for government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond. The Strategy recognised the demand from the social enterprise sector for a simpler relationship with the government and committed to establishing a regular forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with government. The details of the forum will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 23/10/2019 17:55:31 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1545735

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2022
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to increase the size of the social enterprise sector; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	96624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the social enterprise sector in a number of ways. This includes;</p><ul><li><p>targeted support for social enterprises in disadvantaged places through the £4.1million Social Enterprise Boost Fund, that will provide support such as training, networking and peer learning and includes £1.5million of grants for entrepreneurs to kickstart their social enterprises;</p></li><li><p>access to finance, including £485 million of dormant assets funding that has been allocated to social investment, supporting thousands of charities and social enterprises across England;</p></li><li><p>increasing participation in delivering public services through the £900,000 VCSE Contract Readiness Fund announced in September;</p></li><li><p>support for start-ups including the government backed Start Up Loans Company that provides loans of up to £25,000 per director to support entrepreneurs to start and grow a business.</p></li></ul><p>The Government recognises the social enterprise sector’s contribution to society and the economy and welcomes collaboration between social enterprises and other forms of socially oriented business who are working to achieve positive societal benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 96623 96625 96626 question first answered 30/11/2022 14:12:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1544596

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has a target for the proportion of her Departmental budget that will be used to fund social enterprises by the end of this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	93574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the social enterprise sector’s positive contribution to society and the economy and supports the sector in a number of ways.</p><p>This includes;</p><ul><li><p>access to finance, including £485 million of dormant assets funding that has been allocated to social investment, supporting thousands of charities and social enterprises across England;</p></li><li><p>increasing participation in delivering public services through the £900,000 VCSE Contract Readiness Fund announced in September;</p></li><li><p>encouraging social enterprises and entrepreneurs to flourish in left-behind places and building the evidence of what works to encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs, as committed to in the Levelling Up White Paper.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/11/2022 14:32:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1176157

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 666, on Third Sector, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing a regular forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	12432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy sets out our vision for government’s work with and for civil society over the next 10 years and beyond. The Strategy recognised the demand from the social enterprise sector for a simpler relationship with the government and committed to establishing a regular forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with the government. The forum will be launched later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/02/2020 10:22:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1087547

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to social enterprise start ups in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
	uin	HL14467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy sets out a long term vision for how government will work for and with civil society, and recognises the importance of responsible business and social enterprise in creating meaningful social value for civil society and the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>To build on the UK’s reputation as a global leader in social enterprise, this government continues to champion procurement for social value, support campaigns that raise awareness about the positive impact of purposeful businesses, build the social investment market, and support social enterprises to address issues at scale.</p><p>For example, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has committed £3million to supporting the growth and sustainability of mutuals. This includes a package of support announced in January 2018 worth £1.7million to help new mutuals to emerge and existing ones to grow. The Department for Business, Economy and Industrial Strategy has also invested over £56m in the network of 38 Local Growth Hubs across England. In 2017-18 Growth Hubs helped over 130,000 businesses, including social enterprises, and over 8,000 individuals to start-up, thrive and grow. A further £12m has been committed for 2019-20.</p><p>The Business Support Helpline also provides trusted and impartial advice to businesses across England. In 2018 it helped around 31,500 businesses, of which 65% were entrepreneurs and start-ups. The government continues to develop online support through GOV.UK, ensuring businesses including social enterprises can access the key information they need on running their business any time they wish.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 21/03/2019 12:02:39 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1311984

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2021
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) support the development of social enterprises, and (2) integrate social enterprises into plans to make the UK carbon neutral by 2050.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL15265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to developing the innovative and impactful work of social enterprises across the UK. For example:</p><ul><li><p>Through the pandemic, the Government provided an unprecedented package of support, including furlough payments, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, Bounce Back Loans, and direct funding through the £750 million charities and social enterprise support package.</p></li><li><p>The new social value model presents a significant opportunity to support social enterprises and invest in our people and communities. Developed with stakeholders, including the federation of Small Businesses and Social Enterprise UK, the model ensures social value is explicitly evaluated in all major central government contracts from January 1st 2021.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All individuals and organisations, including social enterprises, have a part to play in helping us to protect the environment. We welcome small businesses from across the UK to join the green business revolution and commit to becoming greener and more sustainable as we work towards our goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2021 10:57:16 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

944899

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are working to promote social enterprise.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL9682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>HMG has had a longstanding policy to support social enterprises, as an important part of a growing economy and a stronger society. Current areas of focus include:</p><ul><li>The forthcoming Civil Society Strategy will put social enterprises at the core of civil society and address strengthening the impact of the Social Value Act.</li><li>The Crown Representative for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sectors will ensure that social enterprises have a powerful voice in both commissioner and supplier communities.</li><li>In June the Minister for the Cabinet Office announced a package of measures for the future of public service delivery which will increase the focus on social value in public procurement.</li><li>We also continue to support and promote public service mutuals, many of which are social enterprises, and social enterprise awareness campaigns such as Social Saturday.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/07/2018 13:31:24 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird