Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1086641

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Youth Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the total reduction in central Government funding for youth services provided by local authorities in England since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	230801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for allocating public funding to youth services in their area in line with local need. We believe they are best placed to know what is required in their communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made over £200bn available to local authorities to spend on local services over this Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:08:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1086777

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to provide additional funding and support to youth services and projects engaging with young people at risk of violence.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	230926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the causes of youth crime are complex and are often tied to local factors. Local authorities allocate funding and deliver youth services in line with local need. The Government has made over £200bn available to local authorities to spend on local services over this Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to making sure young people have opportunities to develop their skills and benefit from youth services, which are an important partner in the strategy to tackle the root causes of serious violence. The Office for Civil Society (OCS), now based in DCMS, has spent over £667m on youth programmes and supporting youth service delivery between 2014/15 and 2017/18 - with £190m of that being spent in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a new £200 million Youth Endowment Fund will be delivered over 10 years and will support interventions with children and young people at risk of involvement in crime and violence, will focus on those most at risk of youth violence including those displaying signs such as truancy, aggression and involvement in anti-social behaviour in order to steer them away from becoming serious offenders.</p><p> </p><p>My department will continue to work closely with the Home Office on the implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 17:15:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1086636

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Youth Centres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of youth centres that have closed in England since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	230800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:06:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1086775

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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 Services: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of youth services and social services on reducing youth violence; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	230924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the causes of youth crime are complex and are often tied to local factors. Local authorities allocate funding and deliver youth services in line with local need. The Government has made over £200bn available to local authorities to spend on local services over this Spending Review.</p><p>The Government is committed to making sure young people have opportunities to develop their skills and benefit from youth services, which are an important partner in the strategy to tackle the root causes of serious violence.</p><p>My department will continue to work closely with the Home Office on the implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:45:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1083524

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Garden Bridge Trust
	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 he has (a) had discussions with the Charity Commission and (b) received representations on the appropriateness of the Garden Bridge Trust chair meeting the Charity Commission chair in 2013 to seek his advice on how to register the trust as a charity.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	229720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>We have no record of any discussions between DCMS Ministers and the Charity Commission about the Garden Bridge Trust. We also have no record of any representations about the Garden Bridge Trust meeting with the Charity Commission.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in Helen Stephenson’s (Chief Executive, Charity Commission) letter to you in response to PQ 221693, the Commission’s case files show that, prior to registration, two officials at the Charity Commission held a teleconference with the Garden Bridge trustees and their representatives on 12 December 2013 to provide preregistration advice.</p><p> </p><p>It is not unusual for officials at the Commission to provide pre-registration advice where applications to register are for particular high-profile or complex organisations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:14:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1082622

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Charity Commission: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to the Charity Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	229162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission is the regulator of charities in England and Wales. For charities to thrive, the sector needs a strong and effective regulator. Last year additional government funding of £5m per year was agreed in recognition of the growing pressures on the Commission’s core regulatory functions, particularly registration and compliance. The Civil Society Strategy has committed to further work with the Commission, in order to ensure it is adequately resourced to meet any future challenges.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:12:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1082619

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Charities: Regulation
	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 notices were issued by the Fundraising Regulator against charities in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	229160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Fundraising Regulator is an independent, non-statutory body that regulates fundraising across the charitable sector in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Fundraising Regulator issued notices to 59 charities that had failed to deal with Fundraising Preference Service suppression requests. These charities have been referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office because of a potential data law breach.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:10:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord